FHT Quiz 7

Fetal Tracing Quiz

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 present.
Incorrect.There are no accelerations present. Click here to review.
4. Are there decelerations present?
Correct. There are no decelerations.
Incorrect. There are no decelerations present. Click here to review early decelerations, late decelerations, and variable decelerations.
5. Are contractions present?
Correct. She is having occassional contractions.
Incorrect. She is having occassional contractions Click here to review contractions.
6. Is this FHT reassuring?
Correct. Absent variability may be a sign of fetal hypoxia, though it may have a benign etiology as well (e.g., drugs). This requires further assessment and/or fetal testing.
Incorrect. This tracing is nonreassuring and requires intervention. Absent variability may be a sign of fetal hypoxia, though it may have a benign etiology as well (e.g., drugs). This requires further assessment and/or fetal testing.

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