Electronic Fetal Monitoring Test Questions With Correct Answers

Electronic Fetal Monitoring Test Questions With Correct Answers acceleration - CORRECT ANSWER increase in fetal heart rate; usually interpreted as a reassuring sign; transient increase in fetal heart rate for <10 minutes associated with fetal movement (FM) amnioinfusion - CORRECT ANSWER infusion of normal saline warmed to body temperature through an intrauterine catheter into the uterine cavity in an attempt to increase the fluid around the umbilical cord and prevent compression during uterine contractions baseline fetal heart rate - CORRECT ANSWER average fetal hear rate during a 10 minute period that excludes periodic and episodic changes and periods of marked variability bradycardia - CORRECT ANSWER baseline fetal heart rate below 110 beats per minute deceleration - CORRECT ANSWER slowing of fetal heart rate attributed to a parasympathetic response and described in relation to uterine contractions. Early deceleration - CORRECT ANSWER A visually apparent gradual decrease of fetal heart rate before the peak of a contraction and return to baseline as the contraction ends; caused by fetal head compression late deceleration - CORRECT ANSWER a visually apparent gradual decrease of fetal heart rate with the lowest point of the deceleration occurring after the peak of the contraction and returning to baseline after the contraction ends; caused by utero-placental insufficiency variable deceleration - CORRECT ANSWER a visually abrupt decrease in fetal heart rate below the baseline occurring any time during the uterine contracting phase and caused by compression of the umbilical cord electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) - CORRECT ANSWER electronic surveillance of fetal heart rate by external and internal methods episodic changes - CORRECT ANSWER changes from baseline patterns in the fetal heart rate that are not associated with uterine contractions hypoxemia - CORRECT ANSWER reduction in arterial PO2 resulting in metabolic acidosis by forcing anaerobic glycolysis, pulmonary vasoconstriction, and direct cellular damage