Throughout intrapartum obstetric care clinicians evaluate the fetal head position manually, either by stomach or digital vaginal palpation. Nevertheless, digital examination has been revealed to be highly operator-dependent (subjective). Intrapartum ultrasound, on the other hand, seems to be reproducible and easy to discover. In crucial scenarios like obstructed labor, most likely to need medical intervention, there really is a requirement for ultrasound evaluation of birth progress and on the busy labor ward. This is the very first book devoted totally to intrapartum ultrasound for the management of labor. Professionals in the field present their own experiences and sum up the released state of the art. Making use of intrapartum ultrasonography in evaluation of the first and 2nd stages of labor and diagnosis of the occiput posterior and transverse positions is plainly documented. Each situation is examined with the assistance of informative images, and important pointers and techniques are supplied, demonstrating how fetal head engagement and development can be documented objectively. The value of ultrasound in obstetrics risk management is also addressed. This book describes how intrapartum ultrasonography can be used to examine whether a safe natural shipment is likely or whether personnel treatments are needed. We hope it will be valuable for all specialists, physicians and midwifes alike, who look after labouring females.
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