CTG Made Easy

CTG Made Easy 4th edition continues the successful format of previous editions, offering a practical guide to all health professionals involved in monitoring the fetal heart rate during labour, and specifically in the interpretation of CTG traces. The workbook approach remains, with many new and updated case histories and CTGs, all using current terminology and a recommended proforma for interpretation. The book will aid health professionals to acquire competence and confidence in all aspects of fetal heart rate monitoring during labour, improving the care offered to women and babies. By Susan Gauge, SRN, SCM, ONC, ADM, Clinical Education Facilitator, Birmingham Women's Healthcare NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK   CONTENTS Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: Assessing Fetal Well-being in Labour - introduction; intermittent auscultation; the cardiotocograph; maintaining expertise;; references. Part 2: Interpretation of the CTG - basic patterns; periodic changes; management of fetal heart rate abnormalities; fetal compromise; fetal blood sampling; references and resources. Part 3: Legal Aspects - Litigation and Risk Management; Part 4: Case Studies: normal; bradycardia; tachycardia; reduced variability; early decelerations; late decelerations; variable decelerations; prolonged decelerations; complex; miscellaneous Part 5: Good Practice Guide - developing guidelines, audit, communication, supervisors of midwives, practical guides, risk assessment chart, useful web addresses, references    

By Susan Gauge, SRN, SCM, ONC, ADM, Clinical Education Facilitator, Birmingham Women's Healthcare NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK