NOUN
- an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth
How To Use fetal monitor In A Sentence
- This paper introduces the principle and implementation of fetal monitor based on DSP and ultrasonic Doppler theory.
- There are three types of ultrasounds: scanning devices, doptones, and external fetal monitors (EFMs).
- The routine use of continuous electronic fetal monitoring compared with intermittent auscultation increases the likelihood of instrument vaginal delivery and cesarean surgery but does not reduce the incidence of cerebral palsy, stillbirth, low Apgar scores, newborn death rates, or admission to the neonatal intensive care unit. The Official Lamaze® Guide
- Fetal wellbeing is generally assessed via an external fetal monitor.
- Women without obstetric complications are encouraged to have electronic fetal monitoring and epidural analgesia.
