Garbha is a conglomeration of biological mass with different strata including consciousness, needs an
innovative clinical tool to evaluate its well being, which proves safe, potent, cost-effective and noninvasive.
The idea of taking up this study was to sensitively predict the Prakrutavastha or well being
w.r.t Garbha-pushti and ongoing Fetal Pathology, Vaikrutavastha w.s.r Garbhavyapads for a sharp
interference to get a possible best neonatal outcome. The objective of this study was to calculate the
predictive accuracy of evaluation of Garbhaspandanam on external Shabda and Sparsha Pareeksha. A
Prospective Clinical study of Garbhaspandanam (FHS and FM) with external Shabda and Sparsha
stimulation on maternal abdomen, from 24th week onwards was conducted in a cohort of 30 Singleton
Pregnant women at Dept. of Prasuti Tantra and Stri Roga, S.D.M.C.A. Hospital, Udupi. Among the 9
cases in abnormal category, 2 cases had gone for IUD and one case though placed in abnormal
category had responded relatively well to Shabda and Sparsha Pareeksha which may be due to the
proper antenatal care and intervention given along with the patient’s Vatakara Nidana Parivarjana.
Predictive Accuracy Rate on Shabda and Sparsha Pareeksha showed, FHS 70%, FM 76.7%; FHS
73.3%, FM 66.7% respectively. Shabda and Sparshapareeksha can be utilized as the Garbha -
chetana - dyodakalakshana and can be performed as a routine antenatal bedside procedure, which
can fairly detect the Prakruta and Vaikrutavastha of Garbha w.r.t Pushti. However larger prospective
studies are required.
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