Development of the Objective Tol for Evaluation of Fetal Movement During Pregnancy.
- Author:
Moon Il PARK
;
Seung Kwon KOH
;
Jung Hye HWANG
;
JI Soo PARK
;
Moon Hwi LEE
;
Dong Yeol SIN
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Fetal movement;
Fetal monitoring
- MeSH:
Central Nervous System;
Fetal Monitoring;
Fetal Movement*;
Humans;
Korea;
Mothers;
Pregnancy*;
Transducers;
Ultrasonography
- From:Korean Journal of Perinatology
1998;9(3):270-278
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Monitoring fetal movement serves as an indirect rneasure of fetal well-being, especially for central nervous system integrity and function. Methods to monitor fetal movement vary from the simple approach of having the mother chart perceived movement to highly specialized methods. However there were no reliable objective monitoring methods in Korea. For development of objective method for evaluating fetal movement, during pregnancy, one-hundred and two pregnant patients were entered to this study. All patients were divided into following 3 groups and each type of monitoring methods were applied. Group 1(N=20): Type I using portable FHR Doppler unit(IFD-100 model, Intermed, Korea). Group 2(N=20): Type II using FHR Microphone(Prenatal Listening Kit, Model FS002, Unisar Inc., US). Group 3(N=62): Type III using conventional ultrasound transducer(Corometric 115 Model, US). In this study, accurate counting of the fetal movementutus were best performed using Type III, because of monitoring fetal movements has its greatest efficiency when using conventional ultrasound transducer of fetal monitor. It was also attractive to doctors and nurses as a convenient methods because it needed only single transducer when compared to Type I and II. Although monitoring fetal body movement permits a general assessment of well-being, no perfect technique is still reliable. Futher techniques would be developed using the results of this study for improvement of several factors such as accuracy and objectiveness
