- 1. What is the baseline of the FHT?
Correct. Remember, the baseline is the average heart rate rounded to the nearest five bpm.
Incorrect. Remember, the baseline is the average heart rate rounded to the nearest five bpm. To review baseline heart rate go to,
Baseline.
- 2. Describe the variability.
Correct. Absent variability may indicate fetal hypoxia, particulary when it is associated with late or severe variable decelerations.
Incorrect. The answer is absent. Absent variability may indicate fetal hypoxia, particulary when it is associated with late or severe variable decelerations. To review variability go to,
Baseline Variability.
- 3. Are there accelerations present?
Correct. There are no accelerations.
- 4. Are there decelerations present?
Correct. There are no decelerations. What appears to be a small variable likely represents artifact in this tracing.
- 5. Are contractions present?
Correct. There are no contractions.
Incorrect. There are no contractions. Click here to review
contractions.
- 6. Is this FHT reassuring?
Correct. This tracing requires further assessment and fetal testing. It may be reassuring in certain clinical contexts (e.g. prematurity, certain drugs, etc.) but unexplained absent variability is worrisome.
Incorrect. This tracing requires further assessment and fetal testing. It may be reassuring in certain clinical contexts (e.g. prematurity, certain drugs, etc.) but unexplained absent variability is worrisome.
