PARTOGRAPH
✯Definition of Partograph:-
A partogram or partograph is a composite graphical record of maternal and fetal data on the progress of labour on a single sheet of paper.
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✯Inventor of Partograph:-
In, 1954 Friedman prepared the cervicography. In 1972 Philpott and Castle developed the first partograph, by utilizing Friedmar’s cervicograph, and adding the relationship of the presenting part to the maternal pelvis.
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| Sample of Partograph by WHO |
✯Components of Partograph:-
- Patient identification: Patient Name, Gravida Para, Patient ID Number, Date of Admission, Ruptured Membranes.
- Time: It was recorded at an interval of one hour.
- Fetal Heart Rate: recorded every 30 minutes.
- State of membranes and colour of liquor:
‘I’ – Intact
‘C’ – Clear
‘M’ – Meconium stained - Cervical dilatation of the head.
- Uterine contraction.
- Drugs and fluids.
- Blood pressure at every 2 hr, and pulse at every 30 min.
- Oxytocin: Concentration is noted in the upper box and dose is noted in the lower box.
- Urine analysis.
- Temperature record.
✯Advantages of Partograph:-
➦ Provide important information on a single sheet of paper.
➦ Early prediction of the progress of labour.
➦ Help to prevent maternal mortality and fetal mortality.
➦ Early prediction of the progress of labour.
➦ Help to prevent maternal mortality and fetal mortality.
REFERENCE: World Health Organization
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