BookXiaohui Guo, editor.
Summary: This book offers clinicians involved in perinatal care a detailed and in-depth perspective on electronic fetal monitoring (EFM). Topics include EFM management, antepartum and intrapartum fetal assessment and application of EFM in abnormal pregnancy, obstetrical complications, fetal acid-base balance, and fetal arrhythmias. Variant fetal heart rate patterns are presented with interpretation, diagnosis and comments from experts who have wealthy experience in high risk pregnancy intervention. It will be a valuable reference for physicians, nurses, and midwives who are responsible for initiating, performing, and interpreting EFM.
Contents:
Assessment of fetal well-being
Management of EFM
Fundamental electroic FHR monitoring
Prenatal and intrapartum EFM
Abnormal pregnancy
Pregnant diseases
Fetal acid-base balance
Impact of intrapartum events on EFM
Fetal arrhythmia.