ReviewMateria socio-medica2020
Reduced Fetal Movements and Perinatal Mortality.
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- The association between increased fetal movements in the third trimester and perinatal outcomes; a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Antepartum Computerized Cardiotocography in High-Risk Pregnancies: Comparative Analysis of Fetal Heart Rate Parameters in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, Diabetes and Intrahepatic Cholestasis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Immediate induction versus expectant management in primiparas presenting with decreased fetal movements at 39 weeks.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2026Article
- Optimizing Fetal Surveillance in Fetal Growth Restriction: A Narrative Review of the Role of the Computerized Cardiotocographic Assessment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Fetal and maternal surveillance in high-risk pregnancy: tools, timing, and trends.Journal of medicine and life · 2025Review
- Stillbirth rate trends across 25 European countries between 2010 and 2021: the contribution of maternal age and multiplicity.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Fetal movement trials: Where is the evidence in settings with a high burden of stillbirths?BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2023Article
- An Algorithm for the Detection of General Movements of Preterm Infants Based on the Instantaneous Heart Rate.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Fetal Movement Counting in Prolonged Pregnancies: The COMPTAMAF Prospective Randomized Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Tendon mechanical properties are enhancedFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Passive Fetal Movement Recognition Approaches Using Hyperparameter Tuned LightGBM Model and Bayesian Optimization.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionCounting of fetal movement (FM) during pregnancy is believed to be a method by which a woman estimates the fetal well-being. In 2015, it was estimated that 2.6 million babies had died in utero. A percentage of 30-55% of women who experience an episode of reduced fetal movement (RFM) within a week may face stillbirth.
aimThe aim of this review was to assess the impact of reduced fetal movements and of educational interventions on maternal counting of fetal movements on perinatal mortality, perinatal outcome and mode of delivery.
methodsA search of electronic databases was conducted for detecting studies that examine the coincidence of reduced fetal movements (RFM) in combination with stillbirth and perinatal morbidity.
resultsThe findings of this review suggest that there is an association between the incidence of stillbirth and the experience of alterations in fetal movements' quantity and quality in the preceding weeks. Interventions on fetal movement counting, concerning both the number and the density of fetal movements, may reduce the adverse perinatal outcomes to an extent, after informing and making aware of the pregnant women for their meaning.
conclusionMaternity care professionals should: a) inform pregnant women about the importance of FM counting, b) encourage pregnant women to be familiarized on the recognition of theirs' baby normal pattern of fetal movements and c) alarm women when this pattern changes. Care professionals should emphasize that counting of fetal movements is not related only to movements' quantity (number) but also to movements' quality (density).
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