Comparison between subjective and ultrasound assessments of fetal movement.
- 8 July 1978
- Vol. 2 (6130), 88-90
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.2.6130.88
Abstract
Forty pregnant women participated in a study to compare subjective with ultrasound assessments of fetal movements. A real-time ultrasound scanner was used. Movements were recorded for 45 minutes in all cases. There was a significant positive correlation between the number of movements recorded by the two methods, but the 95% confidence limits were wide and no correlation was found in those patients who recorded fewer than 20 movements in the study period. Thus "false-positive" information may be obtained from purely subjective data, and in patients reporting low "kick counts" fetal activity should be assessed from real-time ultrasound recordings.Keywords
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