iPad Monitors Unborn Fetuses' Heartbeats
iPad Monitors Unborn Fetuses' Heartbeats
iPad technology allows a doctor to get real time information about any of his pregnant patients and their unborn babies.
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" Deep and brought it became a mother this week giving birth to her healthy baby girl Clara she says her delivery went smoothly."
" Doctor -- let's hear right when He went quietly permit for crafting. And I thought it was perfect timing but He clearly was well aware of that happening."
" The interview that the last four hours. A -- thanks to this new technology that enabled doctor -- to watch made contraction in real time on his iPad or iPhone."
" Now we're able to look at it instantly and provide workers could help ensure the welfare of the -- and long before we can get from hospital."
" Doctor a hot and other OB GY and have been using air strip -- about two weeks. Doctor -- says the technology -- even enabled him to monitor patient when He without the country."
" We're in Costa Rica and I was looking at that -- so we were -- country last week and able to pull up. These are replacing. And see what was going on. From Costa Rica. "
" Beep its -- nurses would have to read bedside monitors call a doctor and verbally describe what they were seeing -- pop and time consuming half. But now doctors inject in and see up to four hours of monitoring including the baby's heartbeat and contraction pattern. And that's not at all."
" We can feel what patient -- of them -- What her vital signs of blood pressure. "
" This technology can also be used for patients with -- is easy to monitor or abnormal heart rate. But here to -- hospital doctors are focusing on mothers in labor meg says the technology helped her feel like her doctor without her bedside. Even though He couldn't be there every hour of labor I appreciate the fact that. And that real time information and that's the well I mean playing time and it takes a doctors are just so aware of what your body your labor and delivery. And -- something for the reducing risk to her baby and offering peace of mind at her doctor she's just heartbeat away."
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