Fetal Heart Monitors Questions With Complete Solutions

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Fetal Heart Monitors Questions With Complete Solutions
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 - (answers)d. Beat-to-
beat fetal heart rate variability



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



Select Your Answer:

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 - (answers)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 - (answers)d. > 160 beats per minute



Normal baseline FHR range - (answers)110-160 BPM



FHR Bradycardia - (answers)<110 BPM



FHR Tachycardia - (answers)>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 - (answers)True



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