Write A Short Note On Partograph

PARTOGRAPH

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✯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.

✯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.

Sample of Partograph by WHO

✯Components of Partograph:-

1. Patient identification: Patient Name, Gravida Para, Patient ID Number, Date of Admission, Ruptured Membranes.
2. Time: It was recorded at an interval of one hour.
3. Fetal Heart Rate: recorded every 30 minutes.
4. State of membranes and colour of liquor: ‘I’ - Intact ‘C’ - Clear ‘M’ - Meconium stained
5. Cervical dilatation of the head.
6. Uterine contraction.
7. Drugs and fluids.
8. Blood pressure at every 2 hr, and pulse at every 30 min.
9. Oxytocin: Concentration is noted in the upper box and dose is noted in the lower box.
10. Urine analysis.
11. 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.

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REFERENCE: World Health Organization