FREE EFM Clinical Interpretation Questions and Answers
How would you describe the contractions noted on this fetal tracing?
説明：
Tachysystole describes contractions that occur with 5 or more in 10 minutes. The term hyperstimulation is no longer used.
What is considered to be the normal range of fetal heart rates?
説明：
The normal fetal heart ranges between 110 and 160 bpm.
What is the likely cause of this fetal tracing?
説明：
This is a sinusoidal pattern associated with severe fetal anemia.
Is this FHT reassuring?
説明：
The FHT is overall reassuring, but not reactive.
What is the baseline rate?
説明：
The baseline rate doesn't include areas of marked variability or accelerations or decelerations.
Are there decelerations present?
説明：
Decelerations are not present.
What category is this tracing?
説明：
It is Category 2 tracing. Category 2 tracing in Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) represents an indeterminate or non-reassuring fetal heart rate pattern.
Are there accelerations present?
説明：
There are accelerations present in addition to the marked variability.
Are contractions present?
説明：
Regular contractions are present.
Assuming the patient has an IUPC, please calculate the MVUs for this tracing.
説明：
The MVUs for this tracing would be 245.
Which of the following interventions would be appropriate for this tracing?
説明：
Cord compression may be alleviated by position change or amnioinfusion.