TABLE 5. The Dublin randomized controlled trial of intrapartum heart rate monitoring.
Neonatal convulsions | Monitoring | Auscultation |
Convulsions + neonatal death | 3 | 6 |
Convulsions + survival | 9 | 21a |
Total | 12 | 27b |
a p <0.05
b p <0.025
Source: MacDonald et al. (10).