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Fig. 1 | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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From: Unrecognized maternal heart rate artefact in cases of perinatal mortality reported to the United States Food and Drug Administration from 2009 to 2019: a critical patient safety issue

Fig. 1

illustrates repeated coincidence alarms, indicated by the question marks with a Philips Avalon monitor. This CTG monitor is formatted for the French language. With English formatting, the caption “RCF1, Pouls” beside the question mark icons would read “FHR1, Pulse”. The faint line is the presumed maternal heart rate and the dark line is the presumed fetal heart rate. Consent has been obtained from the patient to publish this image

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

ISSN: 1471-2393

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