Westgate J, Jamieson M
N Z Med J. 1986 Feb 26;99(796):114-6.
The unexplained stillbirth is an event distressing to patients, families and medical attendants alike. Many of these deaths can be prevented by the use of fetal movement record cards. In a retrospective study of stillbirths occurring over two consecutive twenty-month periods, the first twenty-month period being prior to, the second subsequent to the introduction of fetal movement record cards on a non-prescriptive basis a significant decrease in perinatal mortality and stillbirth rates was observed. The percentage of patients using fetal movement record cards in the second time period cannot be estimated, but in only one of twenty-seven unexplained stillbirths was the mother using a fetal movement record card. Examination of antenatal records for hospital clinic patients suffering unexplained stillbirths shows that systematic enquiry about fetal activity was absent in the first time period and rare in the second time period.
不明原因的死产对患者、家庭和医护人员来说都是一件令人痛苦的事情。使用胎动记录卡可以预防许多此类死亡。在一项对连续两个二十个月期间发生的死产进行的回顾性研究中，第一个二十个月期间是在非规定性引入胎动记录卡之前，第二个二十个月期间是在之后，观察到围产儿死亡率和死产率显著下降。第二个时间段使用胎动记录卡的患者百分比无法估计，但在27例不明原因死产中，只有1例母亲使用了胎动记录卡。对患有不明原因死产的医院门诊患者的产前记录进行检查发现，第一个时间段没有对胎儿活动进行系统询问，第二个时间段也很少见。
