Electronic Fetal Monitoring Concepts and Applications

by Menihan, Cydney Afriat; Kopel, Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780781770118
• ISBN10: 0781770114
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-01
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This comprehensive text emphasizes the practical application of electronic fetal monitoring (EFM). Case scenarios link various clinical situations with data interpretation to promote critical thinking. Relevant, up-to-date research helps readers develop problem solving skills; identify optimal treatment responses; and become familiar with the disease and nondisease conditions in pregnant patients that affect fetal health. More than 170 EFM strips complement the text. This edition has more monitoring strips and a new chapter on electronic record-keeping by a well-known expert. Electronic Fetal Monitoring: Concepts and Applications, Second Edition is a must-have purchase for anyone responsible for EFM interpretation.

Table of Contents

Maternal-fetal physiology of fetal heart rate patterns	p. 1
Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring equipment and technology	p. 17
Fetal heart rate pattern interpretation	p. 29
Antepartum fetal assessment	p. 69
Exercises in electronic fetal monitoring	p. 79
Legal issues in electronic fetal monitoring	p. 229
Electronic fetal monitoring competence validation	p. 243
Electronic fetal monitoring and information technology	p. 253
Example chain of command	p. 265
Algorithm for management of antepartum testing	p. 266
Intrapartum assessment of electronic fetal monitoring	p. 267
The role of the nurse midwife in the management of electronic fetal monitoring	p. 270
Examples of FHR baseline variability	p. 272
Terminology	p. 274
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