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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453870603321

Titolo

Antepartal and intrapartal fetal monitoring [[electronic resource] /] / by Michelle L. Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2007

ISBN

1-281-81329-X

9786611813291

0-8261-0483-5

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (542 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MurrayMichelle (Michelle L.)

Disciplina

618.3

618.3/2075

618.32075

Soggetti

Fetal monitoring

Fetal heart rate monitoring

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contributors and Corporate Sponsors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 Fetal and Maternal Monitoring Equipment; Chapter 2 The Baseline, Accelerations, and Decelerations; Chapter 3 Intrinsic Factors that Affect the Fetal Heart Rate; Chapter 4 Extrinsic Factors that Affect Oxygen Delivery and the FHR; Chapter 5 Acid-Base Balance; Chapter 6 Prediction and Prevention of Intrapartal Fetal Asphyxia; Chapter 7 Hemodynamic and Biochemical Fetal Monitoring; Chapter 8 Variations of the Fetal Heart Rate; Chapter 9 Antepartal Fetal Monitoring; Chapter 10 Biophysical Fetal Assessment

AppendixIndex

Sommario/riassunto

""...has been one of the major resources in fetal monitoring since its inception....This book will help move us out of the 20th century and into the 21st.""-- Doody's Book Review Service. Designed for labor and delivery nurses, nurse midwives, nurses cross-training in L&D, and Ob/Gyn nurses and physicians, this workbook is a step-by-step guide to using the equipment and identifying FHR pattern components and the significance of those components. Everything you need to know to



enable you to identify the common signs of fetal well-being and the indicators of fetal compromise are included in this