Urgent Follow-up after Outpatient Nonstress Tests and the Potential for Fetal Monitoring at Home.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to measure the proportion of patients needing urgent clinical follow-up after an abnormal outpatient nonstress test (NST). We further sought to capture the patient perspective on the acceptability of performing NSTs at home.

Study design

A retrospective cohort study was performed over a 2-year period to determine the frequency of abnormal NSTs in a hospital-based, antepartum testing unit in patients greater than or equal to 32 weeks' gestation. The proportion of patients who delivered within 24 hours of an abnormal NST was also determined. A cross-sectional, web-based patient survey was conducted to obtain insight into the patient's comfort level with potentially performing NSTs at home.

Results

The chart review yielded 665 patients who unde

SUBMITTER: Dangel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11061263 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature