title: Identification, assessment and management of fetal compromise.
abstract: The main goals of fetal surveillance are to avoid fetal death and to recognize the fetus that will benefit from early intervention with resuscitation or delivery. Surveillance can occur in the antepartum or intrapartum period. Continuous fetal heart rate monitoring is the most common form of surveillance in the intrapartum period. Several techniques are used in the antepartum period, including nonstress test, biophysical profile, and contraction stress test. Multiple techniques are used once distress is noted in the fetus, with the ultimate resuscitation effort being delivery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 250 East Superior Avenue, Suite 05-2191, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Janelle.walton@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Janelle R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: Alan M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Peaceman
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*