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Fetal Monitoring in Practice
- 3rd Edition - December 28, 2007
- Authors: Donald Gibb, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 0 0 0 4 - 8
Simple, direct and practical, this popular book has been comprehensively updated to cover recent guidelines and procedures. It offers a practical and accessible approach to fetal… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSimple, direct and practical, this popular book has been comprehensively updated to cover recent guidelines and procedures. It offers a practical and accessible approach to fetal monitoring, to ensure both safe delivery and recognising the emotional needs of the mother and family. Essential concepts are presented in an accessible manner, well illustrated with real case histories and heart-rate patterns.
1 Introduction
2 Clinical assessment and recording
3 Electronic fetal monitoring: terminology
4 Control of the fetal heart and NICE guidelines
5 Cardiotocographic interpretation: the basics
6 Antepartum fetal surveillance
7 The admission test by cardiotocography or by auscultation
8 Cardiotocographic interpretation: clinical scenario
9 Contraction assessment
10 Oxytocin and fetal heart rate changes
11 Cardiotocographic interpretation: more difficult problems
12 The role of the scalp
13 Alterntaive methods of intrapartum fetal surveillance
14 Computer technology and the cardiotocograph
15 Medico-legal issues
16 Conclusion
- Language: English
- Edition: 3
- Published: December 28, 2007
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443100048
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Donald Gibb
Affiliations and expertise
Independent Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, The Birth Company (part of The Portland Hospital), Harley Street, London, UKSA
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, PhD, DSc, FRCOG, FRCS, FACOG, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) of St. George’s University, London; Foundation Professor of O&G, University of Nicosia, Visiting Professor, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, London; Past President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2007-2010); President: International Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (FIGO) 2012-2015; Head, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, St George’s University Hospital, London, UK (1997-2013). National award recipient of Knight Bachelor in the UK and Sri Lanka Ranjana in Sri Lanka for services to Medicine.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St George’s University of London, London, UK