Technology warning.A high tech company called Barnev (www.barnev.co.il/) is currently manufacturing a product described as a computerized labor monitoring system. This product works by placing two clips with electrodes Electrodes Tiny wires in adhesive pads that are applied to the body for ECG measurement. Mentioned in: Electrocardiography on a laboring woman's cervix cervix /cer·vix/ (ser´viks) pl. cer´vices [L.] 1. neck. 2. the front portion of the neck. 3. cervix uteri. and a scalp electrode on the fetus and using proprietary ultrasound technology to measure cervical dilation This page is about the widening of the cervix during childbirth. For the surgical method, see dilation and curettage Cervical dilation is the dilation (opening) of the cervix during childbirth. and height (descent) of the fetal head. The company is promoting its use in Europe and the US. The product is being promoted as a means to objectively assess a woman's progress in labor without a manual vaginal examination. If this monitoring system becomes standard of care in US hospitals and data about a woman's dilation dilation /di·la·tion/ (di-la´shun) 1. the act of dilating or stretching. 2. dilatation. di·la·tion n. 1. and fetal descent can be transmitted directly to the nurses' front desk, what will the future of maternity care look like? |
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