Fetal and maternal monitoring equipment -- The baseline, accelerations, and decelerations -- Intrinsic factors that affect the fetal heart rate -- Extrinsic factors that affect oxygen delivery and the FHR -- Acid-base balance -- Prediction and prevention of intrapartal fetal asphyxia -- Hemodynamic and biochemical fetal monitoring -- Variations of the fetal heart rate -- Antepartal fetal monitoring -- Biophysical fetal assessment