New technologies for managing labor / Dan Farine, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farine, D. (Dan), editor.

Series:

Hot topics in perinatal medicine ; Volume 3.

Hot Topics in Perinatal Medicine ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor (Obstetrics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 11, 2015).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9783110382082

3110382083

9783110316704

3110316706

OCLC:

912323008