Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring
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ISBN: 0683033786 / Publisher: Williams & Wilkins, March 1981
"Fetal heart rate monitoring is widely used by almost every obstetrician as a way to document the case and to help decrease health care costs. This is a short reference on the physiologic benefits, instrumentation, application and interpretation of fetalheart rate monitoring. The second half of the book uses actual FHR strips and cases to illustrate various anomalies (fetal distress, fetal distress in prematurity, fetus with CNS dysfunction). Several new drugs have been introduced for use during labor that effect FHR"--Provided by publisher.
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Fetal heart rate monitoring affects the lives of millions of women and infants every year in the United States alone. Used by all members of the obstetric team - nurses, students, midwives, and physicians – it is the primary method to assess fetal oxygenation in both the antepartum and intrapartum setting. Improving outcomes and promoting patient safety depends upon correct use and interpretation of fetal heart rate monitoring, and is crucial to daily obstetric practice. This fourth edition provides the obstetrical team a framework within which to interpret and understand fetal heart rate tracings and their implications. The text covers key issues as the physiological basis for monitoring, a discussion of fetal hypoxemia and neonatal encephalopathy, instrumentation and pattern recognition. In addition to an in-depth review of the standardized NICHD nomenclature and three-tiered FHR Category approach, there are chapters on intrapartum and antepartum management as well as fetal central nervous system effects on monitor patterns. Since fetal monitoring is primarily a screening tool there are also discussions on the use of backup methods for evaluation of abnormal patterns. This 4th edition also brings the addition of Lisa A. Miller CNM, JD, who provides a nursing and midwifery perspective as well an enhanced legal and risk management review.This new fourth edition includes:Review of neonatal encephalopathy and recent studies on CPCurrentinformation and discussion of most recent NICHD panel recommendations, both antepartum and intrapartumNew chapter on Pitfalls in EFMDetailed chapter on risk management, liability & documentationNew section on fetal maternal hemorrhageUpdate on new instrumentationCrucial information on maternal/fetal coincidence and FDA warningsAll chapters include updated practice tips and clinical implications for the entire obstetric teamPlus, with this edition clinicians have access to a companion website with full text and an image bank for fast & simplified clinical review.
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