Definition: Monitoring of fetal heart frequency before birth in order to assess impending prematurity in relation to the pattern or intensity of antepartum UTERINE CONTRACTION.
monitors fetal heart rate; /drug eff /rad eff permitted; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; DF: CARDIOTOCOGR
Other names CTG, Antepartum; Cardiotocograms; Antepartum CTG; Cardiotocogram