Table 2.
Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes
| Fetal ECG n=107 |
Standard External Monitoring n=109 |
p value | |
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| Maternal outcomes | |||
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| Length of labor | 761.8 (482.2) | 679.0 (420.9) | 0.18 |
| Minutes admit to delivery (SD) | |||
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| Labor Analgesia | |||
| Epidural, n(%) | 78 (72%) | 81 (74%) | 0.88 |
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| Delivery Type | 0.25 | ||
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| Spontaneous Vaginal, n(%) | 90 (83%) | 101 (92%) | |
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| Operative Vaginal, n(%) | 4 (3.7%) | 4 (3.6%) | |
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| Cesarean, n(%) | 11 (10%) | 5 (4.5%) | |
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| Indication for Operative | 0.31 | ||
| Vaginal or Cesarean | |||
| Delivery | 53% | 33% | |
| Non-reassuring FHR Tracing | 27% | 56% | |
| Labor Dystocia | 7% | 0% | |
| Fetal Malpresentation | 0% | 11% | |
| Placental Abruption | 13% | 0% | |
| Other | |||
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| Fetal Outcomes | |||
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| APGAR | |||
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| 1 minute, median (IQR) | 7.6 (1.4) | 7.8 (0.9) | 0.41 |
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| 5 minutes, median (IQR) | 8.9 (0.5) | 8.9 (0.3) | 0.36 |
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| NICU admission (Yes), n(%) | 8 (7.4%) | 7 (6.4%) | 0.79 |
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| Birthweight (g), mean (SD) | 3438 (435) | 3495 (458) | 0.36 |
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| Neonatal Sex, n(%) | 59 M 46 F (56%, 46%) | 60 M 50 F (55%, 45%) | 0.89 |
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| Cord blood gases (if applicable) | 7.2 (0.076) | 7.2 (0.062) | 0.39 |
| Arterial pH, mean (SD) | 7.3 (0.083) | 7.3 (0.047) | 0.19 |
| Venous pH, mean (SD) | |||
Abbreviations: ECG, electrocardiogram; FHR, Fetal Heart Rate; SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; NICU, Newborn intensive care unit.