| Phys. Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Note |
Revision of: Mosby's pocket guide to fetal monitoring / Susan Martin Tucker, Lisa A. Miller, David A. Miller. c2004. 5th ed. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Inside Front Cover; Mosby's Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring: A Multidisciplinary Approach; Copyright; Reviewers; Acknowledgments; Preface; Description; Features; Organization; Contents; Chapter 1: A Brief History of Fetal Monitoring; Historical overview; Randomized trials of electronic fetal monitoring; Research at the end of the twentieth century; Fetal monitoring in the twenty-first century; Summary; References; Chapter 2: Physiologic Basis for Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring; Transfer of oxygen from the environment to the fetus; External Environment; Maternal Lungs. |
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Maternal BloodMaternal Heart; Maternal Vasculature; Uterus; Placenta; Intervillous Space Pao2 ; Intervillous Space Blood Flow; Chorionic Villous Surface Area; Diffusion Across the "Blood-Blood" Barrier; Interruption of Placental Blood Vessels; Summary of Placental Causes of Disrupted Oxygenation; Fetal Blood; Umbilical Cord; Fetal response to interrupted oxygen transfer; Mechanisms of Injury; Injury Threshold; Summary; References; Chapter 3: Methods and Instrumentation; Intermittent auscultation of fetal heart rate; Description; Leopold's Maneuvers. |
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Utilization, Procedure, and Frequency of Intermittent AuscultationDocumentation of Auscultated Fetal Heart Rate; Interpretation of Auscultated Fetal Heart Rate; Benefits and Limitations of Auscultation; Benefits; Limitations; Electronic fetal monitoring; Overview; Converting Raw Data Into a Visual Display of FHR; External mode of monitoring; Ultrasound Transducer; Description; Placement of Ultrasound Transducer; Tocotransducer; Description; Placement of Tocotransducer; Advantages and Limitations of External Transducers; Advantages; Limitations; Internal mode of monitoring. |
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Fetal Spiral ElectrodeDescription; Contraindications; Situations Requiring Caution; Placement of Fetal Spiral Electrode; Intrauterine Pressure Catheter; Description; Placement of Intrauterine Pressure Catheter; Advantages and Limitations of Internal Monitoring; Advantages; Limitations; Display of fetal heart rate, uterine activity, and other information; Monitor Tracing Scale; Monitoring Multiple Gestations; Artifact Detection and Signal Ambiguity (Coincidence) with MHR; Telemetry; Troubleshooting the Monitor; Computerized Perinatal Data Systems; Data-input Devices. |
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Integrated abdominal fetal heart rate and uterine activity monitoringSummary; References; Chapter 4: Uterine Activity Evaluation and Management; Assessment methods: palpation and electronic monitoring; Manual Palpation; Electronic Monitoring of Uterine Activity; Electronic Display of Uterine Activity; Redefining normal labor; Defining adequate uterine activity; Defining excessive uterine activity; Common Underlying Causes of Excessive Uterine Activity; Interventions to Decrease Excessive Uterine Activity; New trends in labor support and management; Latent Phase Abnormalities. |
| Subject |
Fetal Monitoring.
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Fetal Diseases -- diagnosis.
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| Genre |
Handbooks.
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| Alt Author |
Miller, David A. (David Arthur), 1961- author.
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Cypher, Rebecca L., author.
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| Alt Title |
Pocket guide to fetal monitoring and assessment |
| ISBN |
9780323414012 |
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032341401X |
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9780323401579 |
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0323401570 |
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