Point-of-Care Sonography in the Second and Third Trimesters Assessment of symptoms and complaints by pregant women in the second and third trimesters can be expedited and decision making improved by…
Point-of-Care Sonographic Evaluation of Fetal Well-Being One of the most utilized point-of-care sonograms to assess fetal well-being is the biophysical profile (BPP). The BPP is generally performed following a nonreactive…
Exercises in Electronic Fetal Monitoring The exercises presented in this chapter are meant to facilitate the integration of the didactic information contained within the text of this book into the…
Point-of-Care Sonography in the First Trimester During the first trimester of pregnancy, clinical situations may warrant a limited or point-of-care (POC) ultrasound examination when a specific piece of information is…
Point-of-Care Sonography in Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine The three most common indications for point-of-care (POC) sonography in gynecology include the evaluation of the endometrial thickness, the measurement of follicles during…
Image Acquisition ULTRASOUND PHYSICS Ultrasound is “sound” that is at a frequency above the range that can be heard by the human ear. Ultrasound is defined as an acoustic oscillation…
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…
