edited by Donald Gibb, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran.
Contents:
<P>1 Introduction </p> <p>2 Clinical assessment and recording </p> <p>3 Auscultation of the fetal heart rate </p> <p>4 Electronic fetal monitoring
terminology and interpretation </p> <p>5 Pathophysiology of fetal heart rate (FHR) </p> <p>6 NICE and FIGO guidelines for interpretation of FHR patterns </p> <p>7 Antepartum fetal surveillance </p> <p>8 The admission test by cardiotocography or by auscultation </p> <p>9 Assessment of uterine contractions </p> <p>10 Oxytocin and fetal heart rate changes </p> <p>11 Meconium, infection, anaemia, bleeding </p> <p>12 Cardiotocographic interpretation: additional clinical scenarios </p> <p>13 Cardiotocographic interpretation: more difficult problems </p> <p>14 Fetal scalp blood sampling pH and lactate </p> <p>15 Fetal ECG waveform analysis </p> <p>16 Medico legal issues with CTG and current strategies to reduce litigation </p> <p>17 Competency testing in CTG interpretation prior to practice </p> <p>New Chapter: Machine Learning </p> <p>New Chapter: Fetal Monitoring in the Future </p>