A multicentre comparative study of 17 experts and an intelligent computer system for managing labour using the cardiotocogram

Objectives To investigate 1. whether an intelligent computer system could obtain a performance in labour management comparable with experts when using cardiotocograms (CTGs), patient information, and fetal blood sampling and 2. whether experts could be consistent and agree in their management of labour.

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