New technologies for managing labor / / ed. by Dan Farine.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Amer-Wåhlin, Isis,; Ayres-de-Campos, Diogo,; Bimson, Brianne,; Carmona, Sergio,; Cohen, Simon S.,; Di Renzo, Gian Carlo,; Dückelmann, Anna Maria,; D’Souza, Rohan,; El-Chaar, Darine,; Farine, Dan,; Hochner-Celnikier, Drorith,; Horgan, Richard,; Kalache, Karim D.,; Krupitzki, Hugo,; Nunes, Inês,; Paltieli, Yoav,; Rosen, Hadar,; Rosenn, Barak,; Sammour, Rami,; Schvartzman, Javier,; Van Mieghem, Tim,; Yogev, Yariv,
• HerausgeberIn: Farine, Dan,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Hot Topics in Perinatal Medicine , 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (118 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Introduction --; Contents --; List of contributors --; 1. The history of new devices and technology on the labor floor --; 2. Electrical uterine activity monitoring: when physiology meets clinical setup --; 3. A novel automatic birth monitoring method and system --; 4. An ultrasonic real-time assessment of labor progress --; 5. The LaborPro system: non-invasive, ultrasound-based determination of labor parameters --; 6. Systems for computer analysis of intrapartum fetal heart rate signals --; 7. Abdominal fetal electrocardiography: the way forward? --; 8. Analysis of the ST segment of the fetal electrocardiogram in labor --; 9. The Odón device --; 10. Intrapartum ultrasound assessment of fetal head position and station for delivery management --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110316704; 9783110762518; 9783110700985; 9783110439687; 9783110438758
• ISSN: 2195-5573
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110316704
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Dan Farine.

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