Bibliographic information
GuidelineWHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
Year of Publication2016
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
New
Routine antenatal cardiotocography is not recommended for pregnant women to improve maternal and perinatal outcomes
Not recommended
Certainty of evidence
Very low
Notes and Remarks
- 1.CTG is the continuous recording of the fetal heart rate and uterine contractions obtained via an ultrasound transducer placed on the mother’s abdomen.
- 2.There is currently no evidence on effects or other considerations that supports the use of antenatal (prelabour) CTG as part of routine ANC.
- 3.A lack of evidence of benefits associated with CTG in high-risk pregnancies suggests that the evaluation of antenatal CTG in healthy pregnant women is not a research priority.