Fetal Monitoring

Hytham M. Imseis, M.D.

Presbyterian Maternal and Fetal Associates

Charlotte, NC

Objectives

• Describe the efficacy of electronic fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring

• Discuss the physiologic basis of the changes in FHR noted in labor

• Review the appearance of reassuring and non-reassuring FHR patterns in labor

• Identify appropriate means to determine fetal well-being during the Antepartum period