Cardiotocography is an instrumental method for recording the child's heartbeat and uterine contractions of a pregnant woman. To date, CTG in pregnancy is an important part of the assessment of the fetus, because this method shows whether there are any deviations in its development.
The results of CTG during pregnancy help in a timely manner to detect the deficiencies of the baby's cardiac development and to prescribe adequate treatment. Sometimes with deterioration of the fetus requires emergency delivery.
CTG is made to women during pregnancy for a period of 30-32 weeks, because during this period the indications will be the most accurate. There is a new modern equipment that allows you to do CTG, starting from 24 weeks, but this is rare. Cardiotocography is also performed during childbirth. Usually CTG is recommended to be done twice during the third trimester. But if pregnancy occurs with complications, then CTG can appoint an additional. The reasons for the additional examination are:
- chronic diseases;
- Rhesus-conflict ;
- water scarcity;
- congenital malformations of the fetus;
- a premature pregnancy;
- decreased motor activity of the fetus;
- risk of miscarriage;
- premature detachment of the placenta.
Deciphering the results of CTG in pregnancy
IMPORTANT! Only a doctor - gynecologist knows how to decipher CTG in pregnancy. Usually the doctor does not tell the patient all the details of the survey, because it is very difficult to understand all this without basic knowledge. The doctor simply speaks of the presence of defects or their absence.
When the doctor deciphers CTG, he must determine a number of indicators that have normal or pathological signs. These signs make it possible to assess the state of
So, if the result of CTG in pregnancy shows from 9 to 12 points, it means that the child has not found any abnormalities in development. But periodically it is necessary to be observed. If during pregnancy the result of examination CTG showed 6.7, 8 points, it indicates a moderate hypoxia (oxygen starvation), which is a deviation from the norm. Indicators less than five points indicate a threat to the life of the fetus, because he has a very strong oxygen starvation. Sometimes premature birth resolution with caesarean section is required.