Fetal Monitoring Index ~ 2006

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The Nouns, The Verbs & The Alternatives, Intermittent Auscultation	American College of Community Midwives A professional organization for Community Midwives General Content

Auscultation to Determine FHT variability or "reassuring patterns"	The Use Of Electronic Fetal Monitoring UK -- National Institute for Clinical Excellence May 2001	Excerpts from April 1998 OB GYN News Normal Baseline FHR - Doesn't Rule Out Hypoxia -- identifying the 4 types of intrapartum fetal distress, how to recognize using IA
ACCM Technical Bulletin No. 1 -- Principles and methods of Intermittent Auscultation (IA)
ACCM Technical Bulletin No. 2 -- Principles of IA as augmented by Episodic Electronic Fetal Monitoring



UK -- National Institute for Clinical Excellence Inherited Clinical Guideline May 2001 The Use Of Electronic Fetal Monitoring "The use and interpretation of cardiotocography in intrapartum fetal surveillance: For a woman who is healthy and has an uncomplicated pregnancy, intermittent auscultation should be offered and recommended in labour to monitor fetal wellbeing. Current evidence does not support the use of the admission cardiotocography in low-risk pregnancy and it is therefore not recommended. "