assessing fetal wellbeing

Question 1

what is ultrasound used to assess

Answer 1

liquor volume
metal growth
anomoly

Question 2

monitoring device that involves attaching two probes to the abdomen of a pregnant woman

Answer 2

CTG

Question 3

define risk - what things?

Answer 3

maternal 
hyertension 
diabetes 
pre eclampsia 
smoking 
OBSTETRIC - multiple, IUGR, post date, augmentation with syntocinin

Question 4

what is a normal rate of contractions?

Answer 4

3-4 in 10 minutes

Question 5

what is a deceleration defined as ?

Answer 5

decrease in HR >15BPM for more than 15 seconds

Question 6

what is an accleration ?

Answer 6

increase in HR over 15bpm for over 15 seconds

Question 7

what is the standard artery used in doppler?

Answer 7

umbilical artery

Question 8

what does a normal waveform of the umbilical artery show?

Answer 8

continual forward flow, with peaks and troughs representing systole and diastole

Question 9

what would gaps in the waveform indicate?

Answer 9

lack of flow during diastole

Question 10

what is a normal waveform for middle cereberal artery?

Answer 10

smooth waveform

Question 11

reversal of waveform in umbilical ?

Answer 11

reversal of boodflow - deliver immediately

Question 12

what happens to systolic middle cerebral artery flow in hypoxia

Answer 12

it increases