NCC EFM Exam Practice (Latest Update)
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Oxygen is transferred from mom to fetus via the placenta through? ✔✔Passive
(Simple)
Diffusion
Intervillous space perfusion is dependent on? ✔✔Adequate Uterine Blood Flow
Maternal Fetal Exchange is best promoted by which maternal position?
✔✔Either Rt or Lt
Lateral
What is transfer down the concentration gradient from higher to lower called?
✔✔Diffusion
The most likely physical rationale for recurrent late decels after epidural is?
✔✔Maternal
Sympathetic Blockade
Which FHR pattern would be anticipated when monitoring mono-mono twins?
✔✔Variable
Decels
, NCC EFM Exam Practice (Latest Update)
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Fetus can survive in an environment w/ a PO2 equal to adult venous blood d/t?
✔✔increased O2
carrying capacity
Variable decels are mediated primarily by? ✔✔baroreceptors
The sympathetic branch of the ANS influences FHR to? ✔✔increase
the average difference in baseline FHR b/w 30 & 40 weeks is? ✔✔10bpm
usually 5-6; 10 is closest
Fetal blood is most highly oxygenated in the? ✔✔Ductus Venosous
An abrupt rise in fetal bp can stimulate? ✔✔variable decels
During an acute episode of fetal hypoxemia, fetal blood flow is redistributed
primarily to the?
✔✔brain
Over the course of pregnancy, the FHR baseline? ✔✔decreases
FHR variability is dependent upon? ✔✔cerebral oxygen and intact CNS
chemoreceptors respond mainly to? ✔✔hypoxemia
Questions & Answers
Oxygen is transferred from mom to fetus via the placenta through? ✔✔Passive
(Simple)
Diffusion
Intervillous space perfusion is dependent on? ✔✔Adequate Uterine Blood Flow
Maternal Fetal Exchange is best promoted by which maternal position?
✔✔Either Rt or Lt
Lateral
What is transfer down the concentration gradient from higher to lower called?
✔✔Diffusion
The most likely physical rationale for recurrent late decels after epidural is?
✔✔Maternal
Sympathetic Blockade
Which FHR pattern would be anticipated when monitoring mono-mono twins?
✔✔Variable
Decels
, NCC EFM Exam Practice (Latest Update)
Questions & Answers
Fetus can survive in an environment w/ a PO2 equal to adult venous blood d/t?
✔✔increased O2
carrying capacity
Variable decels are mediated primarily by? ✔✔baroreceptors
The sympathetic branch of the ANS influences FHR to? ✔✔increase
the average difference in baseline FHR b/w 30 & 40 weeks is? ✔✔10bpm
usually 5-6; 10 is closest
Fetal blood is most highly oxygenated in the? ✔✔Ductus Venosous
An abrupt rise in fetal bp can stimulate? ✔✔variable decels
During an acute episode of fetal hypoxemia, fetal blood flow is redistributed
primarily to the?
✔✔brain
Over the course of pregnancy, the FHR baseline? ✔✔decreases
FHR variability is dependent upon? ✔✔cerebral oxygen and intact CNS
chemoreceptors respond mainly to? ✔✔hypoxemia
