Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring and Assessment (Nursing Pocket Guides)

Susan Martin Tucker MSN RN PHN, Lisa A. Miller CNM JD, David Miller Dr.

ISBN 10: 0323026060 / ISBN 13: 9780323026062

Editore: Mosby, 2004

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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.

• Provides portable and practical information for evaluating intrapartum and antepartum fetal status.
• The guide is pocket-sized, two-color, and features an outline, tabular format for easy retrieval of information.
• Care is presented in a step-by-step sequence with rationales for nursing interventions.
• Presents a consistent, outline format that includes the description, characteristics, etiology, clinical significance, and intervention for each situation or condition.
• Includes the latest information on the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) standard definitions for fetal heart rate patterns.
• Presents comprehensive information on fetal oxygen saturation monitoring that has the potential of decreasing cesarean deliveries.
• Incorporates guidelines for culturally sensitive care of the patient.

• A new chapter on the influence of preterm and postterm gestation on the interpretation of fetal heart rate tracings
• A new chapter on fetal assessment in nonobstetrical settings associated with trauma, transport, and surgical procedures
• The latest comprehensive information on fetal pulse oximetry as an FDA-approved adjunct method of fetal assessment
• Practical information on human error, risk reduction, and risk management in the perinatal setting
• Information on the relationship between acute intrapartum events and neonatal outcome
• The most recent National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) standard definitions for fetal heart rate patterns
• Information on fetal strip scaling and tracings used outside North America
• An expanded number of fetal monitor strips for study and analysis
• Additional illustrations related to the latest electronic fetal monitoring equipment

Contenuti: 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

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Titolo: Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring and ...
Casa editrice: Mosby
Data di pubblicazione: 2004
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
Edizione: quinta edizione o successive