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Fetal monitoring

Canada

• Perinatal Services BC
  • Fetal Health Surveillance: Antepartum and Intrapartum Consensus Guideline [2008]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Fetal Health Surveillance: Antepartum and Intrapartum Consensus Guideline [2007]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Vibroacoustic stimulation for fetal assessment in labour in the presence of a nonreassuring fetal heart rate trace
  • Near-Infrared spectroscopy for fetal assessment during labour
  • Maternal glucose administration for facilitating tests of fetal wellbeing
  • Fetal vibroacoustic stimulation for facilitation of tests of fetal wellbeing
  • Fetal manipulation for facilitating tests of fetal wellbeing
  • Fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) for fetal monitoring during labour
  • Continuous cardiotocography (CTG) as a form of electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) for fetal assessment during labour
  • Biophysical profile for fetal assessment in high risk pregnancies

New Zealand

• New Zealand College of Midwives
  • Fetal Monitoring in Labour [2005]

South Africa

• Maternal Care Manual - Perinatal Education Programme
  • The first stage of labour: the condition of the fetus [2006]

Sweden

• Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
  • STAN - ST Waveform Analysis Combined With Cardiotocography for Fetal Monitoring During Childbirth [2006]

United Kingdom

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Fetal blood sampling in labour - query bank [2011]
  • Fetal blood sampling in VBAC - query bank [2011]
  • Gestational age and CTG - query bank [2010]

United States of America

• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
  • Amniotomy and Placement of Internal Fetal Spiral Electrode through Intact Membranes [2009]
  • Fetal Heart Monitoring [2008]

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Management of intrapartum fetal heart rate tracings. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2010]
  • Intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring: nomenclature, interpretation, and general management principles. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2009]
  • Intrapartum fetal surveillance. In: Fetal health surveillance: antepartum and intrapartum consensus guideline. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2007]

WHO

• WHO Reproductive Health Library
  • Continuous cardiotocography (CTG) as a form of electronic monitoring (EFM) for fetal assessment during labour [2007]

Articles in journals

• American Family Physician
  • Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring [2009]

• Anesthesia & Analgesia
  • Intrapartum Oximetry of the Fetus [2007]

• Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore
  • Use of fetal electrocardiogram for intrapartum monitoring [2007]

• Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Fetal health surveillance: a community-wide approach versus a tailored intervention for the implementation of clinical practice guidelines [2002]

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• Guidelines
  • Labor, delivery
  • Fetal distress