Fetal intrapartum pulse oximetry: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

目前监测分娩过程中未出生婴儿健康状况的方法往往导致对未出生婴儿健康的担忧。这会导致剖腹产、产钳或吸尘器的分娩。这些婴儿通常在出生后被发现是健康的，这意味着没有必要进行手术。在这项研究中，当未出生的婴儿出现痛苦时，将分配一半的研究参与者继续目前对婴儿心跳的监测。另一半将有一种新的分娩监测形式，胎儿血氧饱和度监测，补充道。然后，我们将确定新的监测形式是否会对女性需要剖腹产、产钳或真空分娩的次数产生影响。在新的监测形式成为常规使用之前，进行这项研究是很重要的。澳大利亚的这项研究在让健康消费者(妇女)了解Now监测方法在实践中是否有效并确保不会发生不可预见的不良事件方面处于世界领先地位。

Current methods of monitoring the well-being of the unborn baby during labour often result in concern about the unborn baby's health. This leads to delivery by caesarean section, forceps, or vacuum. These babies are usually found to be healthy once born, meaning that the operation was unnecessary. In this study, when an unborn baby appears to be distressed, half of the study participants will be allocated to continue with the current monitoring of the baby's heartbeat. The other half will have a new form of monitoring in labour, fetal oxygen saturation monitoring, added. We will then determine whether the new form of monitoring makes a difference in the number of times women need to have a caesarean section, forceps, or vacuum delivery. It is important to do this research BEFORE the new form of monitoring becomes used routinely. This Australian research is leading the world in letting the health consumer (women) know whether the now monitoring method is effective in practice and ensuring that there are no unforeseen adverse events.