Fetal heart rate
Topic: Maternity
The number of fetal heartbeats per minute; a normal baseline is 110–160 beats/min. On electronic fetal monitoring, baseline, variability, accelerations and decelerations are read together: moderate variability and accelerations reassure about fetal well-being. Early decelerations reflect head compression, variable decelerations cord compression and late decelerations uteroplacental insufficiency.
- Also known as:
- FHR, Fetal heart tones, Fetal monitoring
- In Turkish:
- Fetal kalp hızı
What does Fetal heart rate mean?
Fetal heart rate is part of the Maternity topic in nursing. Students meet it in class, on clinical placements and while preparing for exams.
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