Risk Management: Pathophysiology for Fetal Monitoring Strips
September 2009
Focused on the pathophysiology of fetal monitoring strips, this presentation makes the connection between maternal fetal circulation from a physiologic perspective and defines how it relates to fetal monitoring tracing. This connection is what is often missing from fetal assessments and can inhibit a labor and delivery team from appropriately managing and responding to their patients.
This presentation discusses how a tracing relates to fetal well-being and identifies the physiologic changes that would cause a change in the fetal tracing, including variable decelerations, prolonged decelerations, bradycardia and tachycardia. The webinar demonstrates these presentations through exploration and discussion of strip examples.
