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Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring: where are we now?

Bonnie Flood Chez1, Suzanne McMurtry Baird

  • 1Nursing Education Resources, Tampa, FL, USA. bonniechez@att.net

The Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing
|May 5, 2011
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Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring (EFM) continues to be the primary method utilized for fetal assessment in the United States. Standardization of nomenclature associated with this perinatal technology has evolved over the past 40 years such that the current nomenclature recommended by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has been adopted by professional perinatal organizations as the agreed-upon method for professional communication and documentation. Current research continues to focus on the optimal management of intrapartum fetal heart rate tracings. The clinical controversies and challenges related to electronic fetal heart rate monitoring continue to evolve.

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