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Advanced fetal monitoring Exam Study Questions and Answers 100% Pass What will ST-segment analysis tell you? - ANSWER-- Theoretically, ST-segment analysis of the fetal ECG provides continuous information regarding the ability of the fetal heart to respond to stress in labor by providing inform...

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What will ST-segment analysis tell you? - ANSWER✔✔-- Theoretically,

ST-segment analysis of the fetal ECG provides continuous information

regarding the ability of the fetal heart to respond to stress in labor by

providing information about intracardiac responses to intrapartum

hypoxia.


- Analysis of the ST segment may permit detection of myocardial ischemia

and the fetus' ability to respond to stress prior to peripheral organ and

central nervous system damage.


When do ST-segment and T-wave changes occur? - ANSWER✔✔-with

myocardial ischemia, prior to permanent cell damage.


What are ST-segment and T-wave elevation indicative of? - ANSWER✔✔-

fetus at risk of developing hypoxia but still capable of responding against

hypoxemia.



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, What are ST-segment and T-wave depression indicative of? -

ANSWER✔✔-has been associated with the inability of the fetal heart to

further respond to hypoxia, indicating that the fetus either had no time to

respond or has exhausted compensatory mechanisms.


When are fetal ST changes clinically relevant? - ANSWER✔✔-when they

coincide with category 2 tracings


How do you differentiate an irregular heart rate from possible artifact or

electronic interference? - ANSWER✔✔-- auscultation


- ultrasound


- echocardiogram


- ecg


What is an arrhythmia? - ANSWER✔✔-- the sporadic, irregular beats

typical of the frequent fetal events heard or recorded on the tracing


- When there is a disturbance in the heart cell's ability to form and

discharge an impulse independently (automaticity & excitability), cardiac

rhythm may become tachycardic, bradycardic, or irregular with ectopic

beats or premature rhythms such as premature atrial contractions.
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