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LATE DECELERATIONS ARE MEDIATED PRIMARILY BY ✔✔CHEMORECEPTORS
BASELINE ✔✔FHR IN A 10 MIN SEGMENT
TACHYCARDIA ✔✔FHR >160
BRADYCARDIA ✔✔FHR <110
VARIABILITY ✔✔VARIATIONS IN BASELINE ABSENT-0
MIN <=5
MOD 6-25
MARKED >25
NO DISTINCTION IS MADE BETWEEN SHORT TERM & LONG TERM VARIABILITY
BECAUSE ✔✔THEY ARE VISUALIZED AS A UNIT
ACCELERATION ✔✔ABRUPT INCREASE <30 SEC FROM BASELINE
ACCELERATION IN 32+ WEEKS GESTATION ✔✔PEAK OF AT LEAST 15 BPM AND
DURATION OF 15 SEC BUT < THAN 2 MINUTES
ACCELERATION IN < 32 WEEKS GESTATION ✔✔PEAK OF AT LEAST 10 BPM AND
DURATION 10 SEC BUT < THAN 2 MINUTES
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PROLONGED ACCELERATION ✔✔LASTS >= 2 MIN BUT < THAN 10 MIN
BASE LINE CHANGE ✔✔ACCELERATION LASTING >= 10 MIN
EARLY ✔✔GRADUAL ONSET >= 30 SECONDS W CONTRACTION >= TO NADAR.
HEAD COMPRESSION...VAGAL RESPONSE
LATE ✔✔GRADUAL ONSET >= 30 SECONDS TO NADAR
OCCUR AFTER CONTRACTION
VARIABLE ✔✔ABRUPT ONSET <30 SECONDS TO NADAR
CATEGORY 1 ✔✔FHT INCLUDES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
RATE: 110-160
MODERATE VARIABILITY
ACCELERATIONS PRESENT OR ABSENT
0 LATE OR VARIABILE DECELERATIONS
EARLY DECELERATIONS PRESENT OR ABSENT
CATEGORY 2 ✔✔ALL FHT NOT CATEGORY 1 OR CATEGORY 3
CATEGORY 3 ✔✔FHT INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
LATE DECELERATIONS ARE MEDIATED PRIMARILY BY ✔✔CHEMORECEPTORS
BASELINE ✔✔FHR IN A 10 MIN SEGMENT
TACHYCARDIA ✔✔FHR >160
BRADYCARDIA ✔✔FHR <110
VARIABILITY ✔✔VARIATIONS IN BASELINE ABSENT-0
MIN <=5
MOD 6-25
MARKED >25
NO DISTINCTION IS MADE BETWEEN SHORT TERM & LONG TERM VARIABILITY
BECAUSE ✔✔THEY ARE VISUALIZED AS A UNIT
ACCELERATION ✔✔ABRUPT INCREASE <30 SEC FROM BASELINE
ACCELERATION IN 32+ WEEKS GESTATION ✔✔PEAK OF AT LEAST 15 BPM AND
DURATION OF 15 SEC BUT < THAN 2 MINUTES
ACCELERATION IN < 32 WEEKS GESTATION ✔✔PEAK OF AT LEAST 10 BPM AND
DURATION 10 SEC BUT < THAN 2 MINUTES
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PROLONGED ACCELERATION ✔✔LASTS >= 2 MIN BUT < THAN 10 MIN
BASE LINE CHANGE ✔✔ACCELERATION LASTING >= 10 MIN
EARLY ✔✔GRADUAL ONSET >= 30 SECONDS W CONTRACTION >= TO NADAR.
HEAD COMPRESSION...VAGAL RESPONSE
LATE ✔✔GRADUAL ONSET >= 30 SECONDS TO NADAR
OCCUR AFTER CONTRACTION
VARIABLE ✔✔ABRUPT ONSET <30 SECONDS TO NADAR
CATEGORY 1 ✔✔FHT INCLUDES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
RATE: 110-160
MODERATE VARIABILITY
ACCELERATIONS PRESENT OR ABSENT
0 LATE OR VARIABILE DECELERATIONS
EARLY DECELERATIONS PRESENT OR ABSENT
CATEGORY 2 ✔✔ALL FHT NOT CATEGORY 1 OR CATEGORY 3
CATEGORY 3 ✔✔FHT INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
