News tagged with fetal heart monitor

Bluetooth baby

Checking the heart of the unborn baby usually involves a stethoscope. However, an inexpensive and accurate Bluetooth fetal heart rate monitoring system has now been developed by researchers in India for long-term home care. ...

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Baby's mp3 heart monitor

A new type of fetal heart monitor could save the lives of unborn infants in complicated pregnancies, according to a study published in the International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Doctors treat adults' childhood heart defects

(PhysOrg.com) -- As director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease clinic at Stanford, Daniel Murphy, MD, performs a job unheard of a generation ago. He cares for grown-up patients with cardiac defects that ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

To better detect heart transplant rejections, scientists test for traces of donor's genome

Heart transplant recipients and their physicians are likely more concerned with the function of the donated organ than with the donor's DNA sequences that tag along in the new, healthy tissue. However, researchers at the ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Perinatal safety initiative reduces adverse obstetrical outcomes

Having a child is a life event that is equal parts magic and fear. Will the baby be healthy? Will labor and delivery pose challenges? Are there ways to reduce the risk for adverse events? Hospital obstetrical units face these ...

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created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US approval for ground breaking wireless fetal monitor

A ground breaking wireless fetal monitor developed by Monica Healthcare, a University of Nottingham spin out company, has been cleared for use in America by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds that electronic fetal heart rate monitoring greatly reduces infant mortality

In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that prove that the use of fetal heart ...

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created Feb 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Author predicts widespread acceptance of pocket-sized ultrasound machines

Since the Civil War, the stethoscope has been a standard tool of the trade for physicians. Soon, the average doctor may be toting another valuable diagnostic tool: a pocket-sized ultrasound machine.

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created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers design more accurate method of determining premature infants' risk of illness

Stanford University researchers have developed a revolutionary, non-invasive way of quickly predicting the future health of premature infants, an innovation that could better target specialized medical intervention ...

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created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Could waiting 2 minutes improve how newborns recover from heart surgery?

A newly funded study is set to determine whether waiting two minutes to clamp a newborn's umbilical cord after delivery could improve how well he or she recovers from corrective heart surgery.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Planned home births associated with tripling of neonatal mortality rate vs. planned hospital births

About 1 in 200 women in the US delivers her baby at home, with approximately 75% of these low-risk, single-baby births planned in advance as home deliveries. In a study published online today by the American Journal of Ob ...

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created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Overtreated: More medical care isn't always better

(AP) -- More medical care won't necessarily make you healthier - it may make you sicker. It's an idea that technology-loving Americans find hard to believe.

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created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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