Fetal Monitoring in Practice - E-Book
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eBook - ePub

Fetal Monitoring in Practice - E-Book

About this book

The latest edition of this popular book is essential reading for all midwives and doctors working in the labour ward.

It has been fully updated but retains the essential features that have contributed to its popularity – an accessible writing style, easy-to-understand explanation of CTGs, and case studies and illustrations to make the content as accessible and practical as possible.

Fetal monitoring is a challenging area that requires skill and experience to practise well. This volume explores the subject matter in a detailed but straightforward manner, thus becoming an invaluable resource for health practitioners as well as midwifery and medical students.

  • Fully updated by internationally renowned editors
  • Illustrations and case histories make content applicable to practice
  • Clear and friendly writing demystifies a potentially challenging subject area
  • Explains the correct use of terminology to help ensure safe and accurate communication
  • Covers the basics of interpretation, common pitfalls associated with equipment usage, and clinical trial data in context
  • Explains the underlying pathophysiology associated with abnormal changes seen on the CTG
  • Clinical scenarios demonstrate common presentations such as breech birth, twin pregnancies, brow presentation, hypertension, and eclampsia
  • Real CTG traces demonstrate more complex presentations such as prolonged deceleration, placental abruption, and fetal bleeding

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Yes, you can access Fetal Monitoring in Practice - E-Book by Donald Gibb, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Donald Gibb,Sabaratnam Arulkumaran in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Nursing. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Churchill Livingstone
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9780323931540
Edition
5
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Nursing

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface to the Fifth Edition
  7. List of Contributors
  8. 1. Introduction
  9. 2. Clinical Assessment and Recording
  10. 3. Intermittent Auscultation Of the Fetal Heart Rate
  11. 4. Electronic Fetal Monitoring:: Terminology And Interpretation – The Basics
  12. 5. Pathophysiology of Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) Patterns
  13. 6. Interpretation of Intrapartum Cardiotocography
  14. 7. Antepartum Fetal Surveillance
  15. 8. The Admission Test by Cardiotocography or by Auscultation
  16. 9. Assessment of Uterine Contractions
  17. 10. The use of Oxytocin and FHR Changes
  18. 11. Meconium, Infection, Anaemia and Bleeding
  19. 12. Cardiotocographic Interpretation – Additional Clinical Scenarios
  20. 13. Cardiotocographic Interpretation:: More Difficult Problems
  21. 14. Fetal Scalp Blood Sampling
  22. 15. Fetal Electrocardiograph Waveform Analysis
  23. 16. Medicolegal Issues With Cardiotocograph and Current Strategies to Reduce Litigation
  24. 17. Fetal Wellbeing in Labour – National Initiatives, Challenges and the Future
  25. 18. Reflections and Conclusion
  26. INDEX