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fetal monitoring
fetal monitoring Fetal monitoring is the use of measures during labour to assess the fetus and help predict signs of fetal distress.
Fetal monitoring is the use of measures during labour to assess the fetus and help predict signs of fetal distress. In this source, it refers especially to evaluating the ST segment of the fetal electrocardiogram, although this approach is described as prone to false alarms and reliant on cardiotocogram assessment.