FETAL HEART MONITORS EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

FETAL HEART MONITORS EXAM 2025
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:


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 - ANS 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 - ANS e. None of the above



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, 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 - ANS d. > 160 beats per minute


Normal baseline FHR range - ANS 110-160 BPM


FHR Bradycardia - ANS <110 BPM


FHR Tachycardia - ANS >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 - ANS True


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


Select Your Answer:
True

False - ANS False


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