Point-of-Care Sonography in Women’s Health Care: Indications and Guidelines During the past decade, the use of sonography has become an integral tool in all aspects of health care, including emergency…
Introduction to Section 2 Point-of-Care Sonography in Women’s Health and Pregnancy While this book was in press, several applicable publications and updated guidelines emerged, including an executive summary of a…
Electronic Fetal Monitoring Competence Validation Nursing competence can be defined as possession of the requisite knowledge and technical skills related to a specific area of professional clinical practice. Validation of…
Fetal Heart Rate Pattern Interpretation Most screening techniques used within the field of medicine produce results to which a numeric value or descriptive name can be definitively assigned in an…
Antepartum Fetal Assessment The methods and means for assessing the fetus during the antepartum are selected based on gestational age, patient history and presentation, patient and practitioner preferences, and available…
Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Equipment and Technology To accurately interpret the data presented by the electronic fetal monitor, it is necessary to have a basic understanding of both the…
Maternal-Fetal Physiology of Fetal Heart Rate Patterns The rationale for electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) is based on the knowledge that when normal metabolic processes are interrupted, either by a lack…
Rheumatology Anne Griffin Deepak Palakshappa Catherine Aftandilian Kavita B. Vyas Smitha Chillambhi Holly Rothermel Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Definition (Lancet 2007;369:767) Dx of exclusion; previously JRA, now JIA per Internat…
