New technologies for managing labor / / Dan Farine, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788815403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 3-11-038208-3; 3-11-031670-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (136 p.)
• Collana: Hot Topics in Perinatal Medicine ; ; Volume 3
• Classificazione: XC 4095
• Disciplina: 618.4
• Soggetti: Labor (Obstetrics)
• 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 at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Introduction / Farine, Dan -- Contents -- List of contributors -- 1. The history of new devices and technology on the labor floor / Horgan, Richard / Farine, Dan -- 2. Electrical uterine activity monitoring: when physiology meets clinical setup / Rosen, Hadar / Yogev, Yariv -- 3. A novel automatic birth monitoring method and system / Hochner-Celnikier, Drorith / Cohen, Simon S. -- 4. An ultrasonic real-time assessment of labor progress / Bimson, Brianne / Rosenn, Barak -- 5. The LaborPro system: non-invasive, ultrasound-based determination of labor parameters / Paltieli, Yoav / Sammour, Rami -- 6. Systems for computer analysis of intrapartum fetal heart rate signals / Ayres-de-Campos, Diogo / Nunes, Inês -- 7. Abdominal fetal electrocardiography: the way forward? / D'Souza, Rohan / Van Mieghem, Tim / Amer-Wåhlin, Isis -- 8. Analysis of the ST segment of the fetal electrocardiogram in labor / Van Mieghem, Tim / D'Souza, Rohan / Amer-Wåhlin, Isis -- 9. The Odón device / Carmona, Sergio / Schvartzman, Javier / Krupitzki, Hugo / Di Renzo, Gian Carlo -- 10. Intrapartum ultrasound assessment of fetal head position and station for delivery management / Dückelmann, Anna Maria / El-Chaar, Darine / Kalache, Karim D. -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Different technologies have been introduced to improve management of labor. To date there is no single text that aims at covering all these ; technologies that address different problems and issues in labor management. The book reviews new technologies and devices aimed to improve labor management and outcomes. These diverge between looking at a better way to use fetal heart rate monitors (that are used in 90% of labours); using new monitors to detect the