Fetal Physiological Measurements

Fetal General


1 A New Look at Fetal Phonocardiography Using a Transducer of Improved Sensitivity and Bandwidth


2 The Spectrum of the Fetal Phonocardiogram as an Indicator of Fetal Maturity


3 A Fibreoptic Pressure Transducer for Intrauterine Monitoring Leif


4 Objective Recording of Fetal Movements in Early Pregnancy


5 Echocardiographic Assessment of Haemodynamics in Small-for-Gestational-Age Fetuses


6 Antenatal Measurement of Beat-to-Beat Fetal Heart Rate Variation: Accuracy of the Hewlett-Packard Ultrasound Autocorrelation Technique


7 Low Antepartum Fetal Heart Rate Variability Predicts Late Decelerations in Labor of Low Risk Pregnancies


8 The Volumetric Growth of the Human Placenta: A Preliminary Report of a Computer-Supported Ultrasonographic Study


9 Hypoxanthine, Lactate, pH; Indices of Fetal Hypoxia?


10 Apgar Score and Cord pH in Relation to Length of Second Stage


11 In Vivo Observations on Intravascular Blood Pressure in the Fetus during Mid-Pregnancy


12 Interpretation of Amniotic Fluid Measurements by Means of Some Multi-Variate Methods


13 Fetal Head Compression during the Second Stage of Labor: A New Measuring Method

Fetal Monitoring

Keynote:


14 Measurement of Heart Rate Variation in the Human Fetus


15 The Correlation of Maternal and Fetal Heart Rates - an Important Aspect of CTG Interpretation


16 Heart Rate Variation and Movement Incidence in Growth-Retarded Fetuses with Decelerative with Heart Rate Patterns: Correlations with Fetal Acidbase Status


17 Cycles of Fetal Heart Rate Variability in Spontaneous and Induced Labor


18 The Effect of Noise on the Accuracy of the Determination of Fetal Heart Rate Variability


19 The Fetal Phonocardiogram


20 Observations on the Evolution of Human Fetal Acidosis


21 Reservations about the Methods of Assessing at Birth the Predictive Value of Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring Including Premature Interruption of the Feto-Placental Circulation

Blood Gas

Keynote:


22 Skin Surface Gas Pressures and Transcutaneous Blood Gas Analysis


23 Blood Gas Analysis in the Unstressed Human Fetus at 17-22 Weeks' Gestation


24 Continuous Simultaneous Tissue-pH and Transcutaneous Carbon Dioxide Monitoring during Labor


25 Transcutaneous PCOZ Monitoring of the Fetus during Labor


26 Experimental Head Compression on Transcutaneous Oxygen Tension in the Fetal Lamb


27 A Technique for Continuous Measurements of Materno-Fetal Gas Transfer Using mass Spectrometry Suitable for Non-Invasive Intrapartum Placental Function Testing in Man

Ultrasound and Fetal Cardiography

Keynote:


28 Measurement of Human Umbilical Venous Blood Flow in Utero


29 Ultrasonic Measurements of the Blood Velocity and Pulsatile Diameter Changes in the Fetal Descending Aorta


30 Non-Invasive Investigations of Fetal and Maternal Hemodynamics


31 An Improved Echo-Tracker for Studies on Pulse Waves in the Fetal Aorta


32 Clinical Value of Prenatal Cardiac Investigation in High Risk Pregnancies


33 Pulsed Doppler Evaluation of the Fetal and Neonatal Circulation


34 On-Line Monitoring of Fetal Blood Flow Velocities Using Pulsed Doppler Ultrasound


35 Fetal Heart Rate Variability Calculated by an External Technique during Pregnancy

Signal Processing


36 Detection of Components of Autonomic Cardiac Control by Time Series Analysis of Heart Rate in Lambs: Technical Report


37 Computation and Evaluation of Heart-Rate and Stroke Volume Oscillations in Fetal Lambs


38 A Digital System for Rapid Transmission and Distant Computer-Processing of Antepartum Fetal Heart Rate Recordings


39 The Use of a Purpose-Built Microcomputer for the Automatic Diagnosis of Fetal Distress

Developing Countries


40 Perinatal Technology Transfer and Impact of Neonatal Intensive Care on Neonatal Mortality in a Developing Country - Saudi Arabia


41 A Suggested Regional Newborn Screening Program for the Arabian Gulf States, and Aramco Newborn Screening Program Experience in Saudi Arabia


42 Perinatal Technology in a Developed Country - Japan


43 Predictive Value of Cervimetric Progress Indicated by Inductopartogram


44 Organization of Neonatal Intensive Care and Perinatal Mortality in Libya

Appendix

Keynote:


45 Positron Emission Tomography in the Newborn: Regional CBF in the Preterm Infant with Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Hemorrhagic Intracerebral Involvement and in the Asphyxiated Term Infant

Contributors

Index