The association between undetected small-for-gestational age and abnormal admission cardiotocography : A registry-based study

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between undetected small-for-gestational age (SGA) fetuses and abnormal admission cardiotocography (admCTG) in a low-risk population.

DESIGN: An observational study.

SETTING: Four hospitals in Stockholm-Gotland, Sweden.

SAMPLE: A cohort of 127 461 deliveries between 1 February 2012 and 15 June 2020.

METHODS: This cohort was linked to the Swedish Neonatal Quality Register. Pregnancies were designated as high or low risk at the time of admission to the labour ward according to pre-defined risk measures. SGA was defined as a birthweight at or below the tenth centile and at or below the third centile for gestational age.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The main outcome was the proportion of undetected SGA by admCTG (normal or abnormal). The secondary outcome was a composite severe adverse neonatal outcome for fetuses born less than 6 hours after admission (Apgar score <4 at 5 minutes, hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy grade of 2-3, neonatal seizures and neonatal death).

RESULTS: The rate of abnormal admCTG was 4.9%. The proportion of SGA at or below the tenth centile was higher in the abnormal admCTG group than in the normal admCTG group, 18.6% versus 9.7% (odds ratio 2.1, 95% CI 1.9-2.3). Abnormal admCTG and SGA (≤10th) was associated with a more than 20-fold increased risk of an adverse outcome compared with normal admCTG and non-SGA (adjusted odds ratio 23.7, 95% CI 9.8-57.3). The latter had a risk of 1/2000 of an adverse outcome.

CONCLUSIONS: In this low-risk population, undetected SGA fetuses were more prone to having abnormal admCTG and had a substantially higher risk of severe adverse neonatal outcomes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:130

Enthalten in:

BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology - 130(2023), 11 vom: 26. Okt., Seite 1412-1420

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gyllencreutz, Erika [VerfasserIn]
Varli, Ingela Hulthén [VerfasserIn]
Johansson, Kari [VerfasserIn]
Lindqvist, Pelle G [VerfasserIn]
Holzmann, Malin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Asphyxia
Cardiotocography
Diagnosis
Fetal growth restriction
Fetal hypoxia
Infant
Journal Article
Screening
Small for gestational age

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Date Revised 01.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1111/1471-0528.17504

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356891208