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Lesson 2: Embryology and Fetal Development |
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2-10. ASSESSING FETAL MATURITY AND WELL-BEING Indications for assessing fetal maturity includes: determining the appropriate time for inducing labor, avoiding prematurity, and guarding the high-risk mother. Varieties of tests of the fetus status are of value in monitoring the well being of the fetus. Evaluation of fetal maturity and well-being is essential in the management of the highrisk pregnancy. The following test may be used:
a. Amniocentesis. A method for assessing fetal maturity and well being.
b. Non-Stress Test. It evaluates the ability of the placenta to supply fetal needs in a normal (or unstressed) daily uterine environment.
c. Methods of Contraction Production.
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