Study Finds that Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Greatly Reduces Infant Mortality, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Reveals

EurekAlert! -- SAN FRANCISCO (February 12, 2011) — In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that prove that the use of fetal heart rate monitors lowers the rate of infant mortality.