Fetoscope

•A fetoscope is a stethoscope with a large head designed for listening to fetal heartbeats. ❋ Judith Lothian RN (2010)

Some doctors are experimenting with an instrument called the fetoscope, an ultrasound-guided tube, to fix a fetal condition that leads to underdeveloped lungs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In this procedure, using a viewing instrument called a fetoscope, the fetal surgeon employs a laser to seal off the blood vessels that carry hazardous blood flow between the two fetuses. muscular dystrophy. ❋ Editors (2010)

In this procedure, using a viewing instrument called a fetoscope, the fetal surgeon employs a laser to seal off the blood vessels that carry hazardous blood flow between the two fetuses. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A surgical procedure in which a fetoscope (a thin tube with a light and camera lens on one end) is inserted through the mother's abdominal wall into the uterus. ❋ Unknown (2010)

An procedure in which a fetoscope (a thin tube with a light and camera lens at one end) is inserted through the mother's abdomen into the uterus. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Through this sheath, an instrument that contained a 2-mm fetoscope (surgical telescope) and two small side channels to allow infusion and drainage of fluid as well as passage of the laser fiber was inserted, and the placenta was examined until the site where this recipient twin's umbilical cord inserted into the placenta was identified. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Once the epidural has taken effect, her abdomen is prepped with an antibacterial solution and a trochar is placed into the amniotic space to allow the introduction of instruments, such as a small camera (fetoscope) and a coagulation device into the amniotic cavity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He would have the fetoscope audio up before, and during, each procedure. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A great deal of research done well after EFM was introduced compares fetoscope and Doppler use with continuous EFM. ❋ Judith Lothian RN (2010)

Honeydew listened to the baby's heart with a fetoscope between contractions. ❋ Early, Margot (1999)

Another sign the baby is healthy is if the mother feels the baby move every day, and if she has felt it move on the day of the check-up. fetoscope ❋ Unknown (1997)

Continuous monitoring has been shown to have no better results than intermittant monitoring with a fetoscope. ❋ Megfuzzy (2010)

Cassandra allowed her apprentices to try to judge the baby's new position and listen for the heartbeat and placenta with a fetoscope before doing it herself. ❋ Unknown (2010)

EFM does provide more information than a fetoscope or Doppler: It shows how contractions affect your baby’s heart rate. ❋ Judith Lothian RN (2010)

The ACOG supports both intermittent auscultation and EFM for women without complications.33 The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses AWHONN recommends intermittent listening with a Doppler or fetoscope, rather than continuous EFM, for women with no complications.34 ❋ Judith Lothian RN (2010)