Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2012
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vii, 271 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
29 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Rev. ed. of: Fetal heart rate monitoring / Roger K. Freeman, Thomas J. Garite, Michael P. Nageotte. 3rd ed. c2003
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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History of fetal monitoring / Garite -- Physiologic basis of Fetal monitoring / Garite -- Intrauterine Hypoxia and other causes of neonatal encephalopathy and cerebral palsy / Freeman -- Instrumentation and artifact detection including fetal arrhythmias / Freeman -- Uterine contraction monitoring / Nageotte -- Basic pattern recognition / Freeman -- Umbilical cord blood gases to assess fetal condition at birth / Garite -- Clinical management of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns / Nageotte -- Alternative and back up methods to improve interpretation of concerning FHR patterns / Garite -- Evaluation and management of fetal heart rate patterns in premature gestation / Garite -- Antepartum fetal monitoring / Nageotte -- Antepartum management if the high risk patient / Nageotte -- Fetal heart rate patterns ssociated with fetal CNS dysfunction / Freeman -- Liability and risk management in fetal monitoring / Miller
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Fetal heart rate monitoring is widely used by almost every obstetrician as a way to document the case and to help decrease health care costs. This is a short reference on the physiologic benefits, instrumentation, application and interpretation of fetal heart rate monitoring. The second half of the book uses actual FHR strips and cases to illustrate various anomalies (fetal distress, fetal distress in prematurity, fetus with CNS dysfunction). Several new drugs have been introduced for use during labor that effect FHR"--Provided by publisher