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What is the "normal" fetal middle rate?
,1 Anne-Laure Boulesteix,i, two, 5 Christian Lederer,2 Stefani Grunow,three Sven Schiermeier,4 Wolfgang Hatzmann,iv Karl-Theodor Thou. Schneider,1 and Martin Daumer 
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Stephanie Pildner von Steinburg
1Frauenklinik und Poliklinik der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Federal republic of germany
Anne-Laure Boulesteix
aneFrauenklinik und Poliklinik der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany
twoSylvia Lawry Middle for Multiple Sclerosis Enquiry due east.V., Munich, Germany
5Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Federal republic of germany
Christian Lederer
2Sylvia Lawry Centre for Multiple Sclerosis Enquiry due east.Five., Munich, Germany
Stefani Grunow
3Trium Analysis Online GmbH, Munich, Germany
Sven Schiermeier
fourFrauenklinik, Universität Witten, Witten-Herdecke, Germany
Wolfgang Hatzmann
4Frauenklinik, Universität Witten, Witten-Herdecke, Germany
Karl-Theodor M. Schneider
iFrauenklinik und Poliklinik der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Deutschland
Martin Daumer
2Sylvia Lawry Centre for Multiple Sclerosis Inquiry e.5., Munich, Germany
3Trium Analysis Online GmbH, Munich, Germany
Bookish Editor: Mandeep Mehra
Received 2013 Mar four; Accepted 2013 May fourteen.
Abstract
Aim. There is no consensus about the normal fetal heart charge per unit. Current international guidelines recommend for the normal fetal heart rate (FHR) baseline different ranges of 110 to 150 beats per minute (bpm) or 110 to 160 bpm. We started with a precise definition of "normality" and performed a retrospective computerized analysis of electronically recorded FHR tracings.
Methods. We analyzed all recorded cardiotocography tracings of singleton pregnancies in iii German language medical centers from 2000 to 2007 and identified 78,852 tracings of sufficient quality. For each tracing, the baseline FHR was extracted past eliminating accelerations/decelerations and averaging based on the "delayed moving windows" algorithm. After analyzing 40% of the dataset as "preparation set up" from one hospital generating a hypothetical normal baseline range, evaluation of external validity on the other sixty% of the data was performed using information from subsequently years in the same hospital and externally using data from the two other hospitals.
Results. Based on the preparation data set, the "best" FHR range was 115 or 120 to 160 bpm. Validation in all three data sets identified 120 to 160 bpm as the correct symmetric "normal range". FHR decreases slightly during gestation.
Conclusions. Normal ranges for FHR are 120 to 160 bpm. Many international guidelines define ranges of 110 to 160 bpm which seem to be safe in daily practice. All the same, farther studies should ostend that such asymmetric alarm limits are safe, with a particular focus on the lower leap, and should give insights well-nigh how to show and further meliorate the usefulness of the widely used practise of CTG monitoring.
Keywords: Cardiotocography, Fetal eye charge per unit, Baseline, Computerized analysis, Monitoring, Guidelines
Introduction
Recording of fetal heart rate (FHR) via cardiotocography (CTG) monitoring is routinely performed as an important function of antepartum and intrapartum care. Even so, in several randomized trials information technology became evident that there is only limited efficacy in improving fetal outcome using CTG antenatally (Pattison & McCowan, 2004). A detailed meta-analysis of available studies on the apply of intrapartum cardiotocogram showed reduction of perinatal bloodshed by l%, but an increment of operative intervention by factor two.5 (Vintzileos et al., 1995). One potential reason is the wide variability in clinical determination making associated with its use. Standardizing direction of variant intrapartum FHR tracings was suggested to reduce this variability and to lead to improvement in fetal outcome (Downs & Zlomke, 2007). In a recent Cochrane review no difference in consequence could be institute when looking at potential improvements through the use of CTG monitoring, but, remarkably, the decision was dissimilar when computerized interpretation of CTG traces was taken into account: "when computerized interpretation of the CTG trace was used, the findings looked promising" (Grivell et al., 2012). Therefore information technology seems natural to presume that farther work on improving definitions and standardization by using computerized methods will further improve the monitoring systems. All the same, currently, in that location is not even agreement on the normal range of the baseline of the FHR, although, as Massaniev stated in 1996, "baseline rate provides valuable information on which we plan our further actions" (Manassiew, 1996).
The current international guidelines of the Fédération Internationale de Gynécologie et d'Obstétrique (FIGO) (Rooth, Huch & Huch, 1987), based on consensus during the 1985 conference, recommend a normal range of the FHR from 110 to 150 beats per infinitesimal (bpm). The FIGO guidelines, despite some well-known shortcomings, "remain the sole broad international consensus document in FHR monitoring" (Diogo & Joao, 2010). This consensus replaced the sometime range of 120 to 160 bpm, equally at that place was prove pointing to worse fetal result for baselines college than 160 bpm (Saling, 1966). Upwards to now, ranges such as 110 to 150 bpm or 110 to 160 bpm (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2009; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, 2010; Macones et al., 2008; Manassiev et al., 1998; National Establish for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), 2007; Perinatal Committee of the Japan Lodge of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2009; Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2006; Gild of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists of Canada, 2007) are likewise used, widely based on good opinion rather than bear witness.
This assessment of the situation and the existing "testify base" is based on the post-obit elements. We have published the programme to exercise the analysis and have publicly asked for feedback. Nosotros have washed several literature searches generally in Pubmed, Google Scholar, the Cochrane Library and take collected publications listed in various versions of published CTG guidelines and standard textbooks. In total we have nerveless more than 100 papers related to the topic. We accept asked stance leaders in Germany, the United kingdom and the U.s.a. virtually awareness of any recent and ancient piece of work that would need to mentioned. In addition, stimulated by the reviewer'southward comments, we have (March 2013) conducted a snowball search based on the original Manassiev paper, besides as a systematic search with the related topic of "electronic fetal monitoring". We did not detect any published work that would interfere with the findings in this manuscript.
Our aim was to first define what 1 should mean by "normal" fetal centre charge per unit and so to give a information-driven respond to this question, every bit a basis for the more complicated question well-nigh the right pick of "alarm limits".
Material and Methods
In order to reduce the probability of publishing false positive results, this written report followed a strict assay programme, published earlier onset of the analyses (Daumer et al., 2007). A similar methodology is now being recommended by ENCePP (www.encepp.org) of the European Medical Agency.
CTG database for exploration and validation
From 2000 to 2007 CTG raw information were systematically collected from three hospitals: the two university hospitals "Technische Universität München" and "Witten-Herdecke" and the not-university hospital of Achern (Frg). "Technische Universität München" and "Witten-Herdecke" are tertiary care centers, while "Achern" is a primary care middle. The work program and the corresponding contract were approved by the Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Technische Universität München and the legal department of the Technische Universität München and by the "Ludwig Maximilians University" (cooperation contract in the context of Sonderforschungsbreich SFB 386, subproject B2 Statistische Analyse diskreter Strukturen - Dynamische Modelle zur Ereignisanalyse, from April 28, 2005).
The preparation data set consisted of the cardiotocograms recorded at "Technische Universität München" from 2000 to 2004. For validation 3 data sets were used: "Technische Universität München" from 2005 to 2006 for temporal validation, "Witten-Herdecke" from June 2005 to Dec 2007 and "Achern" from September 2001 to December 2005 for external validation.
We included all 87,510 FHR tracings recorded during the described period on CTG devices linked to the central server in the study, if they were derived from a singleton pregnancy. The included cardiotocograms were obtained both during labor in the delivery room and before onset of labor in the prenatal care unit, starting typically at gestational calendar week 24. The recordings were not necessarily longer than 30 min, every bit it was originally planned, but a sensitivity analysis (data not shown) suggested, that this did not touch on the results. 78,852 tracings demonstrated a sufficient indicate quality, necessary for our analysis. For xiii,015 CTG tracings nerveless between 20 and 42 weeks, data nigh gestational historic period were available, so that they could be used for analysis of association of FHR and gestational age.
Investigated variables
For each CTG tracing, the baseline heart rate was extracted from the FHR data coming from the CTG device at a rate of four measurements per second past excluding outlier measurements, eliminating accelerations or decelerations, and averaging based on the "delayed moving windows" algorithm (Daumer & Neiss, 2001). These steps were automatically performed by the "Trium CTG Online®" software.
The ground for our assay was the non-averaged baseline as computed by the CTG online algorithm (Schindler, 2002) with one data bespeak as statistical unit.
Formulation of the normal fetal heart rate range
We considered multiples of v as candidate FHR limits. For this purpose, nosotros get-go divided the results for the FHR limits by five, rounded to the nearest integer and finally multiplied by five, somewhen leading to an approximation of the exact FHR value by an integer ending with 0 or 5 (Macones et al., 2008; National Institute of Child Health and Human being Development Enquiry Planning Workshop, 1997).
We chose the admissible widths of a candidate interval of normal FHR equally 40 and 45 bpm. The candidate interval of normal FHR was selected by definition of intervals of 40 or 45 bpm width leading to similar numbers of measurements beyond the lower and upper limit. Further explanations concerning the mathematical optimization trouble are provided in the previously published assay plan (Daumer et al., 2007).
Validation scheme and statistical methodology
By analyzing the "preparation dataset" a hypothesis for the range of the normal fetal heart rate was congenital, fulfilling the analysis plan mentioned above. Validation data sets were non opened earlier the hypotheses were formed. Three independent statisticians did programming of these steps.
Results
Patient characteristics
We analyzed 45,915 (Training: 32,325, Validation: 13,590) CTG tracings from the university hospital "Technische Universität München" (2000–2006), 25,294 from the university hospital "Witten-Herdecke" and seven,643 from the not-academy hospital of Achern. The significant women whose CTG tracings were included were treated antepartum in an in-patient or out-patient setting or they were admitted for delivery (with continuing or intermittent CTG surveillance). Characteristics of the patients delivered during the study period are summarized in Table i to requite an impression of the population in the respective hospital. They show substantially like results, but every bit expected they reveal slight differences consistent with regional characteristics (the pocket-sized town Achern versus the city of Munich) and the high or low risk commonage in tertiary and primary intendance centers. As an example, older and nulliparous women are more than probable to deliver in the university hospitals. Likewise children with congenital malformations are born preferentially in the University Hospitals, Munich fifty-fifty with a focus on middle malformations every bit the hospital cooperates with the German Heart Center in Munich for postnatal intendance of the babies.
Tabular array one
Patient characteristics.
Description of patient characteristics.
| Characteristics | Training | Validation I | Validation Ii | Validation Iii | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tummy | Stomach | WH | A | |||
| 2000–2004 | 2005–2006 | 06/2005–2007 | 09/2001–2005 | |||
| north (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Number of delivered women | v,366 | 2,323 | 3,542 | 1,788 | ||
| Cardiotocogram recorded during commitment | five,184 (96.6) | ii,281 (98.ii) | 3,527 (99.half dozen) | n/a | ||
| Mother | Maternal historic period | <20 J. | 88 (one.vi) | 38 (1.six) | 105 (3.0) | 78 (four.v) |
| 20–29 J. | 1,707 (31.9) | 744 (32.0) | i,440 (40.7) | 739 (42.half dozen) | ||
| 30–39 J. | iii,249 (threescore.viii) | one,371 (59.0) | one,857 (52.4) | 866 (49.9) | ||
| ≥ 40 J. | 302 (5.vi) | 169 (vii.iii) | 140 (4.0) | 51 (2.nine) | ||
| Nulliparous women | 2,387 (44.7) | 986 (42.five) | 1,477 (41.vii) | 458 (27.9) | ||
| Commitment | Gestational age at commitment | MW ± STD | 38.3 ± three.0 | 38.2 ± three.0 | 38.4 ± ii.4 | 38.8 ± 3.0 |
| Normal delivery | 3,058 (57.1) | 1,237 (53.3) | 1,992 (56.2) | i,050 (58.iv) | ||
| Forceps extraction | 88 (ane.6) | 14 (0.half-dozen) | 75 (ii.ane) | 0 (0) | ||
| Vacuum extraction | 263 (4.ix) | 131 (5.6) | 71 (two.0) | 137 (7.6) | ||
| Elective Cesarean | 824 (xv.4) | 405 (17.4) | 774 (21.9) | 289 (sixteen.1) | ||
| Secondary Cesarean | 1,118 (20.nine) | 535 (23.0) | 630 (17.8) | 321 (17.9) | ||
| Tocolysis during delivery | i,177 (21.9) | 584 (25.2) | 645 (18.2) | northward/a | ||
| Fetal outcome | Male person | ii,799 (52.ii) | 1,177 (50.vii) | ane,799 (l.two) | 927 (51.8) | |
| Female | ii,567 (47.8) | ane,146 (49.3) | 1,743 (49.8) | 861 (49.2) | ||
| Birthweight (k) | MW ± STD | 3,157 ± 727 | three,138 ± 731 | 3,263 ± 631 | 3,393 ± 475 | |
| Congenital malformationa | n/a | 75 (3.2) | 125 (3.5) | 15 (0.8) | ||
| Congenital centre malformationa | northward/a | 36 (1.5) | 11 (0.3) | n/a |
A high percent of the tracings were obtained ante partum or from women during first phase of labor as, for example, in "Technische Universität München" just 7,465 women (16.2% of tracings) were delivered under CTG surveillance in the years of 2000 to 2006, while 45,915 CTG tracings were recorded. In "Witten-Herdecke" three,527 women (13.9%) were delivered and 25,294 CTG tracings were recorded, in "Achern" there were 1,788 deliveries (23.4%), but 7,643 CTG tracings were recorded. Our study comprises all weeks of pregnancies with analyzable CTG tracings, typically starting at 24 completed gestational weeks. But more than 75 percent of the CTG tracings were obtained from pregnancies older than 37 weeks.
Fetal heart charge per unit analysis
The distribution of the FHR baseline measurements of the training data gear up over the whole range of possible frequencies is shown as a histogram in Fig. 1A, showing roughly the shape of a Gaussian distribution, but not the full symmetry. Distribution in steps of 5 bpm is summarized in Tabular array two every bit a percentage of all measurements for the grooming information (Column i).
Histogram of baseline fetal centre rate values
(A) Training data. (B) Validation data. (C) All data. Red bars comprise 25th to 75th percentile, crimson and greenish ones 12.5th to 87.5th percentile, scarlet, greenish and yellow confined fifth to 95th percentile and all confined except white ones comprise ii.5th to 97.5th percentile.
Table two
Distribution of the fetal heart rate in the grooming and validation sets.
The number of atypical fetal centre charge per unit recordings nether or in a higher place the given limits of fetal centre rate every bit a percentage of all measurements is displayed.
| Grooming | Validation I | Validation II | Validation III | Validation I - 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUM | Tum | WH | A | ||
| 2000–2004 | 2005–2006 | 06/2005–2007 | 09/2001–2005 | ||
| Lower limit | |||||
| <100 bpm | 0.13% | 0.xv% | 0.08% | 0.17% | 0.12% |
| <105 bpm | 0.26% | 0.26% | 0.xv% | 0.37% | 0.24% |
| <110 bpm | 0.62% | 0.64% | 0.40% | 0.78% | 0.57% |
| <115 bpm | 1.81% | 1.79% | i.24% | 1.68% | i.53% |
| <120 bpm | 5.02% | four.xc% | 3.54% | four.45% | four.21% |
| Upper limit | |||||
| >145 bpm | 23.26% | 23.81% | 27.84% | 22.33% | 25.22% |
| >150 bpm | 12.56% | 13.13% | 16.09% | 12.04% | 14.16% |
| >155 bpm | 6.51% | 6.96% | 8.67% | 6.23% | vii.53% |
| >160 bpm | iii.21% | iii.55% | four.35% | 3.11% | 3.79% |
| >165 bpm | i.47% | i.76% | 2.00% | 1.51% | 1.80% |
| >170 bpm | 0.68% | 0.78% | 0.92% | 0.seventy% | 0.82% |
The benchmark for definition of the all-time interval is
(for farther details see our assay plan (Daumer et al., 2007)).
Analyzing the training set, the selected interval of twoscore to 45 bpm width was 115 to 160 bpm (criterion: (0.0181−0.0321)2 = 0.xx⋅ten−3). The criterion for the interval with 120 to 160 bpm was merely marginally bigger (criterion: (0.0502−0.0321)ii = 0.33⋅10−3) (Tabular array 4, Cavalcade 1), such that the lower spring, in contrast to the upper bound, is not stable.
Tabular array 4
Distribution of FHR baseline during gestation.
(A) 95% confidence intervals for mean FHR baseline are displayed for intervals of several gestational weeks. All pairwise comparisons are significant (p < 0.01) with both t-examination and Mann-Whitney tests. The comparisons betwixt gestational age of > = 37 and other groups are the most significant. (B) 95% conviction intervals for mean FHR baseline within the group of gestational age of 37 weeks or more.
| Gestational age | n | 95% confidence interval | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ||||
| <28 | 1230 | 140.7538 | – | 141.9422 |
| 28 – <32 | 1059 | 139.1587 | – | 140.3843 |
| 32 – <37 | 2248 | 138.1575 | – | 138.9322 |
| >=37 | 8478 | 136.0104 | – | 136.4295 |
| B | ||||
| 37 | 1090 | 136.7176 | – | 137.8588 |
| 38 | 1793 | 135.5575 | – | 136.4720 |
| 39 | 1962 | 135.9786 | – | 136.8404 |
| 40 | 2325 | 135.2181 | – | 136.0158 |
| 41 | 1199 | 135.9135 | – | 137.0438 |
| 42 | 109 | 133.2492 | – | 137.8009 |
Hence the following hypotheses were formulated and tested during validation:
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The upper limit of the FHR should exist 160 bpm.
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The lower limit should be either 115 or 120 bpm.
Results of each of the validation information sets and of a combination of all three of them revealed the range of 120 to 160 bpm every bit the best interval (Fig. 1B, Tables 2 and 3, Columns two, 3, 4, and 5). Hence, both hypotheses were validated.
Tabular array iii
Calculation of the benchmark for definition of the best interval in the training and validation data sets.
Square of difference betwixt upper and lower tail of the distribution ([i]), as shown in Table 3. All values take to be multiplied with 10-three. The best criterion for each data set is marked in bold messages.
| Grooming | Validation I | Validation Ii | Validation III | Validation I - III | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stomach | Breadbasket | WH | A | ||
| 2000–2004 | 2005–2006 | 06/2005–2007 | 09/2001–2005 | ||
| 110–150 | 14.24 | 15.60 | 24.62 | 12.69 | eighteen.48 |
| 110–155 | 3.46 | iii.99 | 6.83 | ii.97 | 4.85 |
| 115–155 | 2.21 | two.68 | 5.51 | ii.07 | iii.61 |
| 115–160 | 0.20 | 0.31 | 0.97 | 0.xx | 0.51 |
| 120–160 | 0.33 | 0.xviii | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.02 |
| 120–165 | i.26 | 0.98 | 0.24 | 0.86 | 0.58 |
The hateful FHR baseline plotted against gestational age is shown in Fig. 2. Table 4 shows 95% conviction intervals for mean FHR baseline in unlike gestational weeks. Regression analysis with the median FHR baseline as dependent variable and the gestational age (in weeks) as contained variable yielded a slope estimate of −0.378 (p < 0.001), meaning that the median FHR decreases on average past 0.four bpm per week of pregnancy. The assumptions underlying the linear regression model were approximately fulfilled.
Quantile bands of FHR plotted against gestational age.
FHR (bpm) is plotted against gestational weeks from 20 to 42. Crimson colours comprise 25th to 75th percentile, blood-red and dark-green colours 12.5th to 87.5th percentile, ruby, green and yellow colours fifth to 95th percentile and all colours incorporate 2.5th to 95.fifth percentile.
Discussion
Analyzing near 1.5 billion private unmarried baseline fetal center rate measurements from 78,852 CTG tracings in three German language medical centers, nosotros found that "normal" ranges – normality in a statistical sense - are 120 to160 bpm. By this data-driven definition of the normal FHR we aimed to generate a solid footing for the clinically important attempt to eventually farther reduce the rate of false alarms in CTG monitoring in full general and electronic decision back up systems in particular. This might help to avoid unnecessary interventions such as Cesarean sections. The FHR baseline in our analysis decreases slightly during gestation, in line with results of other groups (Nijhuis et al., 1998; Serra et al., 2009). In that location are well-known physiological changes in fetal development that are consistent with this empirical finding (Karolina & Edwin, 2011), essentially due to the increasing opposed effect of the sympathetic nervous system as gestational age increases.
Validation of the results in an contained data set up is a crucial stride to avert the publication of imitation positive inquiry findings (Daumer et al., 2008; Ioannidis, 2005). Both temporal validation (based on data collected later than the training data) and external validation (based on information nerveless in some other medical center), used in our study, are known to be essential (König et al., 2007). Furthermore, the strict bullheaded validation procedure was adopted and described in a detailed analysis programme in the pre-publication platform Nature Precedings (Daumer et al., 2007) earlier starting the analyses. The results about the normal range are very robust, indicating that neither the type of hospital which is potentially linked to special selection criteria for the pregnant women nor the fourth dimension as measured roughly in 5–10 yr intervals seems to play a part – an argument for the external validity of the findings in the exploratory part.
For user acceptance nosotros used steps of 5 bpm as possible borders of the normal FHR as recommended in the consensus meeting of the National Institute of Child Wellness and Human being Evolution (Macones et al., 2008; National Institute of Child Wellness and Human Evolution Research Planning Workshop, 1997). The width of the interval of twoscore to 45 bpm was traditionally used in many international guidelines. As we planned the written report, we chose no other intervals, as narrowing of the interval would increment the false alert rate and wider intervals could miss pathologic conditions of the fetus.
The upper limit of 160 bpm raised concerns in the FIGO coming together in 1985, as Saling described abnormal findings in 24% of scalp claret analyses if the baseline was higher than 160 bpm (Saling, 1966). Information technology could exist shown that the current FIGO guidelines based on computerized analyses of the CTG show a loftier sensitivity to detect fetal acidosis in case of a suspect or pathological classification of the baseline level. It may turn out that a modification of the normal ranges farther improves sensitivity and specificity of fetal acidosis during labor (Schiermeier et al., 2008). Also, multivariate modeling involving fetal and maternal outcome information may improve evidence-based online decision support tools.
Information from a recently published study in a different context (Serra et al., 2009) is uniform with the findings of our exploratory assay with a lower limit of 115 or 120 bpm for the gestational ages. Information for the 97th and 99th percentiles are not shown in this written report. Just shifting the lower limit to 120 volition increment the number of false alarms whereas a lower limit of 115 will inevitably increase the risk to misinterpret maternal middle rates as fetal heart rate. This terminal problem has raised many concerns and discussions almost technical solutions for differentiation of maternal and fetal heart rate, as fatal consequences for the fetus could occur (Murray, 2004). The new German guideline (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, 2012) recommends therefore simultaneous recording of fetal and maternal centre rate, technically possible either by maternal pulse oxymetry integrated in a CTG device or simultaneous ECG recording of female parent and fetus.
As FHR tracings of prenatal care patients were included, our study population consists of a fraction of pregnancies remote from term, eventually resulting in college baselines as suggested earlier. Every bit our analysis according to gestational ages shows, the upper limit of 160 bpm is valid for younger and for later gestational ages. A lower limit of 120 bpm leads only almost term to more false alarms since normal FHR decreases further, and is more advisable, as discussed above, to avert misinterpretation of maternal heart beat every bit FHR. There are no different guidelines for scoring cardiotocograms of early gestational ages as this would be too difficult in daily practice. Merely computerized algorithms could use boundaries without rounding based on multivariate modeling and correlate these results to fetal outcome.
FIGO guidelines defined boundaries from 110 to 150 bpm, representing the approximately 0.6th to 86th percentile from our study. Current guidelines released by the American Higher of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2009), the National Institute of Kid Health and Human Development (National Institute of Kid Health and Human Development Research Planning Workshop, 1997), the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists of Canada, 2007), the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (National Establish for Health and Clinical Excellence (Overnice), 2007), the Purple Australian and New Zealand Higher of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (Purple Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2006) and the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Perinatal Committee of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2009) ascertain a very wide range of normal FHR with 110 to 160 bpm, representing the approximately 0.6th to 96th percentile. We raised concerns about the wide width of the range of fifty bpm and the lower limit of 110 bpm. As these guidelines are in use for some years in many countries at the moment, we presume that this range is even so safe for detection of fetal compromise. In contrast, specificity of the CTG for fetal acidosis becomes meliorate. But safety-analyses should confirm this assumption.
Our results take stimulated discussions within the corresponding German society "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe" (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, 2010) having led to a recent update of the previous guidelines (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, 2012), based on data from the exploratory analysis. We hope that our written report will trigger a process of continuous improvement of evidence based clinical determination making in fetal monitoring – perhaps a job to be triggered past the HTA working grouping of ENCePP (http://world wide web.encepp.eu/construction/documents/ENCePPWGHTA_Mandate.pdf).
Acknowledgments
Nosotros thank Nicholas Lack from the "Bayerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Qualitätssicherung" and Thomas Füsslin, Ortenau Klinikum Achern, for their support in providing information nearly the pregnancies at the Klinikum rechts der Isar and Ortenau Klinikum Achern. Nosotros give thanks Nadja Harner, Martina Günter and Michael Scholz for data management and technical back up. We likewise would like to give thanks Erich Saling for helpful discussions and the speaker of Biomed-S and old speaker of the DFG-funded Sonderforschungsbereich SFB386 Prof. Dr. Fahrmeir, Ludwig-Maximilians Academy, for continuous support. The comments of Marlene Sinclair and another anonymous reviewer have helped to further amend the manuscript. The authors give thanks the Porticus Foundation for their generous support for the International School for Clinical Bioinformatics & Technical Medicine.
Funding Argument
There was no funding for the report or for publication, but the Sylvia Lawry Centre for Multiple Sclerosis Research, Munich, Federal republic of germany, has received support from the Porticus Foundation in the context of the "International School for Clinical Bioinformatics and Technical Medicine".
Additional Data and Declarations
Competing Interests
Martin Daumer is Director of the Sylvia Lawry Centre for MS Research. He is also one of the ii managing directors of Trium Analysis Online GmbH, together with Michael Scholz (fifty% ownership each). Trium is a manufacturer of CTG monitoring systems.
Dr. Daumer serves on the scientific informational lath for the EPOSA study; has received funding for travel from ECTRIMS; serves on the editorial board of MedNous; is co-author with Michael Scholz on patents re: Appliance for measuring activity (Trium Analysis Online GmbH), method and device for detecting a motility pattern (Trium Analysis Online GmbH), device and method to mensurate the action of a person (Trium Analysis Online GmbH), co-Writer with Christian Lederer of device and method to determine the fetal heart rate from ultrasound signals (Trium Analysis Online GmbH), author of method and device for detecting drifts, jumps and/or outliers of measurement values, coauthor of patent applications with Michael Scholz of device and method to determine the global alarm state of a patient monitoring system, method of communication of units in a patient monitoring system, and system and method for patient monitoring; serves as a consultant for University of Oxford, Purple College London, University of Southampton, Charite, Berlin, University of Vienna, Greencoat Ltd, Biopartners, Biogen Idec, Bayer Schering Pharma, Roche, and Novartis; and receives/has received research support from the European union-FP7, BMBF, BWiMi, and Hertie Foundation.
Nadja Harner was an employee of Trium, Anne-Laure Boulesteix was an employee of the SLC when the study was conducted.
There is no known fiscal or other conflict of interests for the other authors.
Author Contributions
Stephanie Pildner von Steinburg conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, wrote the paper.
Anne-Laure Boulesteix and Martin Daumer conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, wrote the paper.
Christian Lederer analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/assay tools, critical review of manucript.
Stefani Grunow analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/assay tools.
Sven Schiermeier performed the experiments, analyzed the information, wrote the paper.
Wolfgang Hatzmann performed the experiments, and critical review of mansucript.
Karl-Theodor M. Schneider conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, and disquisitional review of manuscript.
Homo Ethics
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The work program and the respective contracts were canonical by the Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Technische Universität München and the legal department of the Technische Universität München, and by the Ludwig Maximilians University (cooperation contract in the context of Sonderforschungsbreich SFB 386, subproject B2 "Statistische Analyse diskreter Strukturen - Dynamische Modelle zur Ereignisanalyse, from April 28, 2005).
Patent Disclosures
The post-obit patent dependencies were disclosed by the authors:
Martin Daumer is the inventor of: method and device for detecting drifts, jumps and/or outliers of measurement values, United states of america Patent half dozen,556,957, Apr 29, 2003, High german Patent application Nr. 198 39 047.v-35, Nov. eleven, 2005, European Patent 1097439 (99939929.8-2215), March iii, 2004.
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