Electronic fetal monitoring is often used during labor to detect unborn babies at risk of brain damage (neonatal encephalopathy) from a lack of oxygen (hypoxia). In the UK, continuous monitoring is ...

A new technology for measuring blood oxygen levels of a baby during labor--expected to provide information useful for preventing birth complications--offers no apparent benefit, report researchers in ...

OSF HealthCare is conducting continuous virtual monitoring of moms and fetuses from the beginning of labor through delivery. OSF HealthCare has launched an initiative to improve monitoring of labor ...

Fetal electrocardiogram ST segment analysis, or STAN, which is largely used in Europe to measure fetal heart activity, does not improve outcomes during labor and delivery or decrease cesarean ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Huntsville hospital for Women and Children announced that they now have wireless fetal monitoring in every room in labor and delivery. The NOVII Plus monitoring system is not ...

Since the 1970s, electronic fetal monitoring has been the go-to technology in perinatal obstetrics for the detection of fetal distress during labor. Although the technology has changed slightly in the ...

CHICAGO, Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Certification Corporation (NCC) is pleased to announce the release of their newest Monograph -- Fetal Assessment and Safe Care During Labor. This ...

Of the many new experiences you might have during a high-risk pregnancy, one of the least fun is a fetal monitoring test called a Non-Stress Test, or NST. It really should be called a High-Stress Test ...

OB-Tools is pleased to announce today U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its fetal heart rate monitoring unit. The fetal heart rate monitoring unit will be integrated into its new ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- A nurse from Blanchfield Army Community Hospital recently joined nurse educators at a local Clarksville, Tennessee hospital to conduct training on fetal heart monitoring to ...

It’s normal for women to have some uterine contractions throughout pregnancy. Often, a woman is unaware of these contractions, but at other times the contractions can be painful and regular and seem ...

In Finland, every fifth mother was diagnosed with gestational diabetes in 2019. The condition increases the mother's risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the future. However, the most significant ...