Scientific evidence

Chandraharan STAN a friend or a foe? J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 Jan 23:1-8. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2016.1276559.

Saccone et al. Electrocardiogram st analysis during labour: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jan;127(1):127-35.

Kessler et al. (2016) Biphasic ST should not be omitted from STAN clinical guidelines. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2016 Jan;95(1):116. doi: 10.1111/aogs.12776. Epub 2015 Oct 14

Xodo et al. (2016) Why STAN might not be dead. . J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Oct 13:1-10. (Epub ahead of print)

Vayssière et al. (2016) Is STAN monitoring associated with a significant decrease in metabolic acidosis at birth compared with cardiotocography alone? Review of the three meta-analyses that included the recent US trial. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2016 June 6. doi: DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12923

Kessler et al. (2016), Why did the authors perform a meta-analysis of studies with primary endpoints they consider clinically unimportant? Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2016 Feb 16. doi: 10.1111/aogs.12876. (Epub ahead of print)

Van ’t Hooft et al. ST-analysis in electronic foetal monitoring is cost-effective from both the maternal and neonatal perspective. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Jan 14:1-6. (Epub ahead of print)

Tamara L Turnbull, Ben Willem J. Mol MD, PhD, Geoff Matthews, Chris Wilkinson, Edwin Chandraharan & Sabrina Kuah (2016): Does ST analysis have a place in electronic fetal monitoring?, The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, DOI:10.1080/14767058.2016.1181169

Visser and Kwee. Cardiotocography alone is outdated and ST analysis is the way forward in fetal monitoring: FOR: Does the use of ST analysis in conjunction with cardiotocography improve perinatal outcome and/or reduce interventions for fetal distress? BJOG. 2016 Sep;123(10):1636. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14158.