Lukáš Hruban1, Jiří Spilka2,3, Václav Chudáček2,3, Petr Janků1, Michal Huptych2, Miroslav Burša2, Adam Hudec4, Marian Kacerovský5, Michal Koucký6, Martin Procházka7, Vladimír Korečko4, Jan Seget'a8, Ondřej Šimetka8,9, Alena Měchurová10, Lenka Lhotská2. 1. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Masaryk University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic. 2. Department of Cybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. 3. Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. 4. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital in Plzeň, Plzeň, Czech Republic. 5. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. 6. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. 7. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital in Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic. 8. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. 9. Department of Surgical Studies, Ostrava University, Ostrava, Czech Republic. 10. Department for Mother and Child Care, Prague Podolí, Prague, Czech Republic.
Abstract
RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate obstetricians' inter- and intra-observer agreement on intrapartum cardiotocogram (CTG) recordings and to examine obstetricians' evaluations with respect to umbilical artery pH and base deficit. METHODS: Nine experienced obstetricians annotated 634 intrapartum CTG recordings. The evaluation of each recording was divided into four steps: evaluation of two 30-minute windows in the first stage of labour, evaluation of one window in the second stage of labour and labour outcome prediction. The complete set of evaluations used for this experiment is available online. The inter- and intra-observer agreement was evaluated using proportion of agreement and kappa coefficient. Clinicians' sensitivity and specificity was computed with respect to umbilical artery pH, base deficit and to Apgar score at the fifth minute. RESULTS: The overall proportion of agreement between clinicians reached 48% with 95% confidence intervals (CI) (CI: 47-50). Regarding the different classes, proportion of agreement ranged from 57% (CI: 54-60) for normal to 41% (CI: 36-46) for pathological class. The sensitivity of clinicians' majority vote to objective outcome was 39% (CI: 16-63) for the umbilical artery base deficit and 27% (CI: 16-42) for pH. The specificity was 89% (CI: 86-92) for both types of objective outcome. CONCLUSIONS: The reported inter-/intra-observer variability is large and this holds irrespective of clinicians' experience or work place. The results support the need of modernized guidelines for CTG evaluation and/or objectivization and repeatability by introduction of a computerized approach that could standardize the process of CTG evaluation within the delivery ward.
RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate obstetricians' inter- and intra-observer agreement on intrapartum cardiotocogram (CTG) recordings and to examine obstetricians' evaluations with respect to umbilical artery pH and base deficit. METHODS: Nine experienced obstetricians annotated 634 intrapartum CTG recordings. The evaluation of each recording was divided into four steps: evaluation of two 30-minute windows in the first stage of labour, evaluation of one window in the second stage of labour and labour outcome prediction. The complete set of evaluations used for this experiment is available online. The inter- and intra-observer agreement was evaluated using proportion of agreement and kappa coefficient. Clinicians' sensitivity and specificity was computed with respect to umbilical artery pH, base deficit and to Apgar score at the fifth minute. RESULTS: The overall proportion of agreement between clinicians reached 48% with 95% confidence intervals (CI) (CI: 47-50). Regarding the different classes, proportion of agreement ranged from 57% (CI: 54-60) for normal to 41% (CI: 36-46) for pathological class. The sensitivity of clinicians' majority vote to objective outcome was 39% (CI: 16-63) for the umbilical artery base deficit and 27% (CI: 16-42) for pH. The specificity was 89% (CI: 86-92) for both types of objective outcome. CONCLUSIONS: The reported inter-/intra-observer variability is large and this holds irrespective of clinicians' experience or work place. The results support the need of modernized guidelines for CTG evaluation and/or objectivization and repeatability by introduction of a computerized approach that could standardize the process of CTG evaluation within the delivery ward.
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