Limitations
This is a small single centre study with a relatively small number of
emergency deliveries due to pathological CTG during labour. Furthermore,
despite a high rate of SCBU/NICU admission, the majority of these
newborns were admitted to SCBU and the total number of NICU admission
was low. Further randomised controlled trial to investigate the benefits
of prelabour and intrapartum cCTG parameters in predicting labour
outcome in both high-risk and low-risk pregnancy are needed but large
prospective multicentre studies would be required.