Fetal Heart Monitors Questions With Complete Solutions

Fetal Heart Monitors Questions With Complete Solutions

A Catetory II tracing _____________.

Select Your Answer:
a. predicts abnormal fetal acid-base status
b. excludes abnormal fetal acid-base status
c. is not predictive of abnormal fetal acid-base status
d. is always predictive of normal fetal acid-base status
e. none of the above Correct Answers

A deceleration that begins after the onset of a uterine
contraction, reaches its nadir (lowest point) after the peak of the
contraction and takes at least 30 seconds to reach its lowest
point is defined as:

Select Your Answer:
a. Early deceleration
b. Abrupt deceleration
c. Non-reassuring deceleration
d. Late deceleration
e. Variable deceleration Correct Answers d. Late deceleration

A deceleration that lasts ≥ to 2 minutes, but < 10 minutes is
defined as:

Select Your Answer:
a. Profound bradycardia
b. Protracted deceleration
c. Baseline change
d. Prolonged deceleration

, e. Terminal bradycardia Correct Answers d. Prolonged
deceleration

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

Select Your Answer:
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
Correct Answers d. Beat-to-beat fetal heart rate variability

A gradual deceleration that occurs in association with a uterine
contraction and reaches its nadir (lowest point) at the same time
as the peak of the contraction is defined as:

Select Your Answer:
a. Early deceleration
b. Episodic deceleration
c. Non-reassuring deceleration
d. Late deceleration
e. Variable deceleration Correct Answers a. Early
deceleration

Abrupt acceleration Correct Answers Onset to peak < 30
seconds