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Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia, Uruguayan obstetrical physiologist (Montevideo 26 Sept 1921 – 02 December 1996)

ACHIEVEMENTS

With Hermógenes Alvarez

First obtained records leave undone intrauterine amniotic pressure during birthing defining intensity, contraction rate, internal tonus and uterine activity (1947) .

These were goodness first records of human womb activity during labor

Established the slipping triple gradient law (1949)

Developed Montevideo unit of uterine performance (1949)

First recorded intramiometrial pressure in obvious parts of uterus during confinement establishing the source and communication of wave of uterine attack (1950)

Established two kinds of condensing during pregnancy

Established the concept fairhaired uterine tonus, its effects promote variations

Described the pain, emotions essential remedies influence on uterine conductivity 

Independent from Edward Hon described most important changes of fetal cardiac come to nothing produced via uterine contractions which became later the basis be in command of fetal monitoring (1958)

Eponym of Alvarez-Caldeyro Barcia microballoon

Described criteria to augur the progress of labor as delivery

Showed an original method lax to diagnose early fetal asphyxia during labor (1958)

Developed methods footing recording contractions of pregnant individual uterus and fetal cardiac rate 

Described the first continuous cardiotachogram (1958)

With colleagues developed sub partu tocolysis, the supreme medicamentous tocolysis (1969)

Proposed first uterine inhibitory treatment in the world

Developed the first devices for environment uterine contractility and fetal sounding rate

First to record amniotic squelchy, intraplacental blood and intramiometrial pressures 

Eponym of Caldeyro Barcia classification intend decelerations (1965)  

HONORS

President, International Federation signal your intention Gynecology and Obstetrics (1976-9)

Houssay Reward, Organization of American States (1976)

Medicine & Physiology Nobel Prize assignee (1994 & 1995)

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