INTERMEDIATE FETAL MONITORING TEST
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ Maternal cardiac output.
Answer: Amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute; affects
uterine perfusion.
◉ Uterine blood flow.
Answer: Blood supplied to the uterus and placenta; critical for fetal
oxygenation.
◉ Placental perfusion.
Answer: Adequate maternal blood flow through the placenta for
oxygen and nutrient exchange.
◉ Placental gas exchange.
Answer: Movement of oxygen from maternal blood to fetal blood
and carbon dioxide from fetal to maternal blood.
◉ Fetal hypoxemia.
Answer: Decreased oxygen content in fetal blood.
,◉ Fetal hypoxia.
Answer: Inadequate oxygen availability at the tissue level.
◉ Fetal acidemia.
Answer: Abnormally low fetal blood pH resulting from accumulation
of acids, particularly when anaerobic metabolism persists.
◉ Fetal acid-base status.
Answer: Balance between acids and bases in fetal blood; influenced
by oxygenation and metabolic/respiratory processes.
◉ Anaerobic metabolism.
Answer: Cellular metabolism that occurs when oxygen availability is
insufficient; produces lactate and contributes to metabolic acidosis.
◉ Metabolic acidosis.
Answer: Acidosis caused primarily by accumulation of metabolic
acids such as lactate during prolonged inadequate oxygenation.
◉ Respiratory acidosis.
Answer: Acidosis caused by accumulation of carbon dioxide.
, ◉ Fetal compensation for hypoxemia.
Answer: Redistribution of blood flow toward vital organs such as the
brain, heart, and adrenal glands.
◉ Fetal blood flow redistribution.
Answer: Physiologic response to hypoxemia in which circulation is
preferentially directed toward essential organs.
◉ Centralization.
Answer: Redistribution of fetal cardiac output toward vital organs
during hypoxemia.
◉ FHR baseline.
Answer: Mean FHR rounded to increments of 5 bpm during a 10-
minute window, excluding periodic or episodic changes such as
accelerations and decelerations.
◉ Normal FHR baseline.
Answer: 110-160 bpm.
◉ Bradycardia.
Answer: Baseline FHR less than 110 bpm for at least 10 minutes.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ Maternal cardiac output.
Answer: Amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute; affects
uterine perfusion.
◉ Uterine blood flow.
Answer: Blood supplied to the uterus and placenta; critical for fetal
oxygenation.
◉ Placental perfusion.
Answer: Adequate maternal blood flow through the placenta for
oxygen and nutrient exchange.
◉ Placental gas exchange.
Answer: Movement of oxygen from maternal blood to fetal blood
and carbon dioxide from fetal to maternal blood.
◉ Fetal hypoxemia.
Answer: Decreased oxygen content in fetal blood.
,◉ Fetal hypoxia.
Answer: Inadequate oxygen availability at the tissue level.
◉ Fetal acidemia.
Answer: Abnormally low fetal blood pH resulting from accumulation
of acids, particularly when anaerobic metabolism persists.
◉ Fetal acid-base status.
Answer: Balance between acids and bases in fetal blood; influenced
by oxygenation and metabolic/respiratory processes.
◉ Anaerobic metabolism.
Answer: Cellular metabolism that occurs when oxygen availability is
insufficient; produces lactate and contributes to metabolic acidosis.
◉ Metabolic acidosis.
Answer: Acidosis caused primarily by accumulation of metabolic
acids such as lactate during prolonged inadequate oxygenation.
◉ Respiratory acidosis.
Answer: Acidosis caused by accumulation of carbon dioxide.
, ◉ Fetal compensation for hypoxemia.
Answer: Redistribution of blood flow toward vital organs such as the
brain, heart, and adrenal glands.
◉ Fetal blood flow redistribution.
Answer: Physiologic response to hypoxemia in which circulation is
preferentially directed toward essential organs.
◉ Centralization.
Answer: Redistribution of fetal cardiac output toward vital organs
during hypoxemia.
◉ FHR baseline.
Answer: Mean FHR rounded to increments of 5 bpm during a 10-
minute window, excluding periodic or episodic changes such as
accelerations and decelerations.
◉ Normal FHR baseline.
Answer: 110-160 bpm.
◉ Bradycardia.
Answer: Baseline FHR less than 110 bpm for at least 10 minutes.
