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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new, externally worn device developed by engineers at UC Davis can directly measure blood oxygen saturation in a fetus during labor and delivery. The device could reduce both the rate of unnecessary ...

The National Certification Corporation (NCC) is pleased to announce the release of their newest Monograph – Fetal Assessment and Safe Care During Labor. This publication is available to all health ...

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 ...

The primary aim of the ELAINE project is to assess the effectiveness of using active dry electrodes for fetal ECG (fECG) monitoring. The project intends to replace the traditional method of monitoring ...

New ventures in energy, health, food and agriculture, education win prizes Two University of California, Davis, graduate students received the $20,000 first prize for the best innovation in the 22nd ...

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 ...