heart monitors

Fetal Heart Monitors with comprehensive Questions and Answers

A full description of a fetal heart rate (FHR) tracing requires a qualitative and quantitative
description of all of the following except:


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a. Baseline rate
b. Presence of accelerations
c. Baseline fetal heart rate variability
d. Beat-to-beat fetal heart rate variability
e. Periodic or episodic decelerations

f. Changes or trends of fetal heart rate patterns over time✔️✔️d. Beat-to-beat fetal heart rate
variability


Which of the following is/are included in a full description of fetal heart rate baseline?


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a. Fetal heart rate accelerations
b. Fetal heart rate decelerations
c. Periods of marked fetal heart rate variability
d. All of the above

e. None of the above✔️✔️e. None of the above


Fetal heart rate tachycardia is defined as a baseline fetal heart rate:


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a. ≥ 180 beats per minute
b. > 180 beats per minute

, c. ≥ 160 beats per minute
d. > 160 beats per minute

e. ≥ 200 beats per minute✔️✔️d. > 160 beats per minute



Normal baseline FHR range✔️✔️110-160 BPM



FHR Bradycardia✔️✔️<110 BPM



FHR Tachycardia✔️✔️>160 BPM


Evaluation of a fetal heart rate pattern must take into account maternal medical conditions as
well as estimated gestational age.


Select Your Answer:
True

False✔️✔️True


Baseline variability is defined as fluctuations in the baseline that are regular in amplitude and
frequency.


Select Your Answer:
True

False✔️✔️False


According to the NICHD definitions of fetal heart rate variability, which of the following is NOT
accurate?


Select Your Answer:
a. Undetectable = absent fetal heart rate variability