The objective of this meta-analysis was to investigate the additional effect of ST Analysis in electronic fetal monitoring. In order to overcome the shortcomings of conventional meta-analysis that uses aggregated data, the present analysis used individual participant data to allow for a more thorough investigation by taking all information into account, including accounting for missing data.
Only four of the five published randomised controlled trials (RCT) were included in the analysis. The first RCT by Westgate et al. was …

The professional organization of midwives in France, French college of midwives CNSF, has decided to endorse the CTG e-learning program developed by Neoventa and they are offering the purchase of licenses at their website. The midwife college supports the many advantages of a web based program together with the possibility of online certification.
The CTG program is in French and has been adapted by an expert group to French CTG guidelines and management recommendations.

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You have used ST Analysis at your department since 2004. What were your experiences from when you first introduced the method?
When we made the decision to implement ST Analysis, we were very much focused on education and training. Before going live with the method all 160 midwifes and doctors went through theoretical and practical education and became certified Stan users. Right from the start regular sessions for retrospective case discussions have been part of a continuous learning process.
And …

The objective of this retrospective study was to investigate the incidence of heart rate accelerations coinciding with contractions during the second stage of labour when monitored either with abdominal ultrasound (external) or scalp electrode (internal).

Data from five years of clinical usage of ST Analysis and Stan at the Labour and Delivery ward at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway is reported in this prospective observational study. The study was defined as a project of quality improvement, and included a total of 22,475women selected for vaginal delivery.

Mölndal, Juni 2012
I nästa nummer av Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica publiceras en artikel där Norsk Gynekologisk Förenings referensgrupp för fosterövervakning ifrågasätter Stockholms Läns Landstings HTA-rapport som kritiserade användning av Stan-metoden. Enligt den norska referensgruppen är HTA-rapporten framför allt behäftad med två allvarliga brister;
För det första refererar den till ett subjektivt urval av evidens för klinisk användning av Stan-metoden. HTA-rapporten har, utan närmare motivering, valt att bortse från vissa Stan studier och flera publicerade kliniska studier har helt …

Mölndal, June 2012
In the next issue of Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica an article will be published in which the Norwegian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics’ reference group for fetal monitoring questions the Stockholm County Council HTA report that criticized the use of the Stan-method. According to the Norwegian reference group the HTA report mainly suffers from two serious shortcomings;
Firstly, it refers to a subjective choice of evidence for the clinical use of the Stan method. Without …

You were one of the very first centres that started to use Stan and ST Analysis.
Yes, Professor Risto Erkkola, now retired since two years, was a pioneer. We got our first Stan device already around 1995, before the analysis of the waveform was automatic and before the Stan Guidelines were formalized.
Then in 2000 you joined the study sponsored by the European Union?
We got our first two Stan S21 devices and it was a great relief to have …