BookRoger K. Freeman [and others].
Summary: "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 fetal heart 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.
Contents:
History of fetal monitoring
Physiologic basis of fetal monitoring
Intrauterine Hypoxia and other causes of neonatal encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy
Instrumentation and artifact detection including fetal arrhythmias
Uterine contraction monitoring
Basic pattern recognition
Umbilical cord blood gases to assess fetal condition at birth
Clinical management of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
Alternative and back up methods to improve interpretation of concerning FHR patterns
Evaluation and management of fetal heart rate patterns in premature gestation
Antepartum fetal monitoring
Antepartum management of the high-risk patient
Fetal heart rate patterns associated with fetal Central Nervous System dysfunction
Liability and risk management in fetal monitoring.