<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The analysis of the uterine electrical activity and its propagation patterns could potentially predict the risk of prolonged/arrested progress of labor. In our study, the Electrohysterography (EHG) signals of 83 participants in labor at around 3-4 cm of cervical dilatation, were recorded for about 30 minutes each. These signals were analyzed for predicting prolonged labor. Out of the 83 participants, 70 participants had normal progress of labor and delivered vaginally. The remaining 13 participants had prolonged/ arrested progress of labor and had to deliver through a cesarean section. In this paper, we propose an algorithm to identify contractions from the acquired EHG signals based on the energy of the signals. The role of contraction consistency and fundal dominance was evaluated for impact on progress of the labor. As per our study, the correlation of contractions was higher in case of normal progress of labor. We also observed that the upper uterine segment was dominant in cases with prolonged/arrested progress of labor.</p></abstract>

The analysis of the uterine electrical activity and its propagation patterns could potentially predict the risk of prolonged/arrested progress of labor. In our study, the Electrohysterography (EHG) signals of 83 participants in labor at around 3-4 cm of cervical dilatation, were recorded for about 30 minutes each. These signals were analyzed for predicting prolonged labor. Out of the 83 participants, 70 participants had normal progress of labor and delivered vaginally. The remaining 13 participants had prolonged/ arrested progress of labor and had to deliver through a cesarean section. In this paper, we propose an algorithm to identify contractions from the acquired EHG signals based on the energy of the signals. The role of contraction consistency and fundal dominance was evaluated for impact on progress of the labor. As per our study, the correlation of contractions was higher in case of normal progress of labor. We also observed that the upper uterine segment was dominant in cases with prolonged/arrested progress of labor.

Identification of contractions from Electrohysterography for prediction of prolonged labor

Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance

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The analysis of the uterine electrical activity and its propagation patterns could potentially predict the risk of prolonged/arrested progress of labor. In our...

Identification of contractions from Electrohysterography for prediction of prolonged labor

Published Online: Mar 31, 2022

Page range: 4 - 9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joeb-2022-0002

Keywords
uterine contractions, prolonged labor, fundal dominance, electrohysterography

© 2022 Santosh N Vasist, Parvati Bhat, Shrutin Ulman, Harishchandra Hebbar, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Identification of contractions from Electrohysterography for prediction of prolonged labor

Published Online: Mar 31, 2022

Page range: 4 - 9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joeb-2022-0002

Keywordsuterine contractions, prolonged labor, fundal dominance, electrohysterography

© 2022 Santosh N Vasist, Parvati Bhat, Shrutin Ulman, Harishchandra Hebbar, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
uterine contractions, prolonged labor, fundal dominance, electrohysterography