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NCT Number: NCT04366076

Does a Relationship Exist Between Fetal Hiccups and Computerised Cardiotocography Parameters?

BACKGROUND: The physiological function of fetal hiccups and its correlation with fetal well-being is unexplored. No previous study examines the correlation between the maternal perception of the fetal hiccups and the antepartum cardiotocography.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between the fetal hiccups and antepartum computerised cardiotocography parameters, in nonlaboring term singleton pregnancies.

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Key information

Conditions

Fetal Conditions Fetal Movement Disorder

Age range

18 year–48 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Università degli studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"- OB & Gyn -

Naples, Italia, 80138, Italy

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • physiological nonlaboring term singleton pregnancies

Exclusion criteria

  • . Gestations complicated by fetal malformations, stillbirth, preterm deliveries or patients with missing data were excluded.

Treatment and study plan

Fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring through computerized cardiotocography (cCTG) analysis antepartum

Diagnostic Test

The investigator conducted antepartum surveillance through computerized cardiotocography (cCTG) analysis antepartum. This is a non-invasive method to study fetal well being. For each patient, a cCTG was attended using a computerized cardiotocography machine. External cCTG was practised for no less than 20 min (max 60 min), two transducers were fixed on the maternal abdomen: one above the fetal heart level and the other at the uterine fundus

Primary outcomes

  1. The primary outcome was the correlation between the fetal hiccups and antepartum computerised cardiotocography parameters, in nonlaboring term singleton pregnancies.

    Time frame: pre-intervention

    antepartum computerised cardiotocography parameters are the baseline fetal heart rate (Basal FHR), accelerations and decelerations, long-term FHR variation (LTV), short-term FHR variation (STV), episodes of high/low FHR variation and number of fetal movements for an hour (FM)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Apr 28, 2020
Registry last updated
May 4, 2020

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