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Table 4 Expert interpretations of cardiotocography tracings

From: Cardiotocography in breech versus vertex delivery: an examiner-blinded, cross-sectional nested case-control study

 

Breech deliveries

n = 108

Vertex deliveries

n = 108

P value

n

%

n

%

 

FIGO classification

    

0.150

 - Normal

29

26.9

39

36.1

 

 - Suspicious

34

31.5

37

34.3

 

 - Pathological

45

41.7

32

29.6

 

Decreased variability

29

26.9

9

8.3

<0.001

Accelerations

84

77.8

94

87.0

0.074

Late decelerations

15

13.9

3

2.8

0.003

Complicated variable decelerations

58

53.7

62

57.4

0.584

Prolonged decelerations

26

24.1

29

26.9

0.639

Any abnormal decelerationsa

69

63.9

66

61.1

0.673

  1. Legend: Comparison between breech and vertex intended vaginal deliveries in a Finnish tertiary hospital, 2007–2009
  2. aLate, complicated variable or prolonged decelerations or a combination of these