partogram
Sign in to savethumb|Partograph A partogram or partograph is a composite graphical record of key data (maternal and fetal) during labour entered against time on a single sheet of paper. Relevant measurements might include statistics such as cervical dilation, fetal heart rate, duration of labour and vital signs.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- medical record
- Field of work
- obstetrics and gynaecology
- Main subject
- childbirth
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Components
- Advantages
- Limitations
- Usage
- Digital partograph
- Advantages
- Mitigating human errors
- Increased accountability & preventing false data entry
- Allows easy data analysis
- Availability
- Ease of use?
- References
thumb|Partograph A partogram or partograph is a composite graphical record of key data (maternal and fetal) during labour entered against time on a single sheet of paper. Relevant measurements might include statistics such as cervical dilation, fetal heart rate, duration of labour and vital signs.
In, 1954 Friedman prepared the cervicography. In 1972 Philpott and Castle, working in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), developed the first partograph, by utilizing Friedman's cervicograph, and adding the relationship of the presenting part to the maternal pelvis.
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