Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring and Assessment
Susan Martin Tucker(Author)
Mosby (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 13. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-323-02606-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring and Assessment" provides portable and practical information for evaluating intrapartum and antepartum fetal status. Designed specifically for use in the clinical environment, this pocket guide provides a single source of information for the care and management of the patient in the labor and delivery suite, the fetal intensive care unit, the LDRP (labor-delivery-recovery-postpartum), and the antepartum inpatient unit or ambulatory care setting. This guide also provides up-to-date content on all aspects of electronic fetal monitoring, from operating equipment to interpreting data.
More details
Series
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
St Louis
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 187 mm
Width: 110 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
285 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-323-02606-2 (9780323026062)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Overview of Fetal Monitoring 2. Physiological Basis for Monitoring 3. Instrumentation for Fetal Heart Rate and Uterine Activity Monitoring 4. Uterine Activity 5. Pattern Recognition and Interpretation 6. Assessment and Management of Fetal Status 7. Influence of Gestational Age on Fetal Heart Rate Interpretation 8. Fetal Assessment in Non-Obstetrical Settings 9. Antepartum Fetal Assessment 10. Care of the Monitored Patient 11. Risk Management Appendix Selected Pattern Interpretation at 1 cm/min Paper Speed Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations