Fetal Monitoring
Accronyms
Medications
Moms & Monitoring
Misc.
100
Acceleration
What is an increase of at least 15 bpm above (FHR BL) fetal heart rate base line that lasts at least 15 seconds?
100
FSE
What is a fetal scalp electrode?
100
Betamethasone
What is a drug used to develop the baby's lungs when premature delivery is anticipated (prior to 33wga)?
100
Fetal Scalp Electrode (FSE)
What is an internal monitor that is attached to the fetal head to measure fetal heart rate?
100
Lochia
What is postpartum bleeding?
200
Early Deceleration
What is a decrease in the fetal heart rate that begins and ends at the same time as the uterine contraction? or What is caused by, is a normal response to fetal head compression?
200
IUPC
What is an intrauterine pressure catheter?
200
Pitocin, methergine, cytotec, hemobate
What are medications used to stop postpartum hemorrhage?
200
Doppler
What is the device which uses ultrasound to listen to the fetal heart rate?
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! 1) GBS 2) Antibiotics in labor
1) What is Group Beta Strep? 2) What is the treatment for GBS?
300
Variable Deceleration
What is a rapid decrease in fetal heart rate from baseline with a rapid return to baseline? or What is thought to be caused by umbilical cord copression?
300
ROM
What is rupture of membranes?
300
Epidural
What is a method of administering anesthesia during labor through a narrow catheter into the dura space near the spinal cord?
300
Intrauterine Pressure Catheter (IUPC)
What is a tube inserted into the uterus after rupture of membranes to measure and record pressure from uterine contractions?
300
Fontanelles
What are the soft spots on the top and back of the fetal head?
400
Late Deceleration
What is a decrease in the fetal heart rate that begins after the onset of the contraction and ends after the contraction has ended? or What is caused by depleted fetal reserve r/t compromised placental blood flow?
400
FHR
What is fetal heart rate?
400
Oxytocin
What is the hormone that is created endogenously from the posterior pituitary gland or synthetically as a medication (pitocin)? What hormone stimulates rhythmic uterine contractions?
400
Gravida
What is the number of pregnancies including miscarriages and abortions that a woman has had?
400
Fundus
What is the upper most part of the uterus?
500
Fetal Scalp Stimulation
What is a test of fetal well being in which the fetal scalp is stimulated by performing a vaginal exam and rubbing the fetal head with the examiner's finger? This action should elicit an acceleration of the fetal heart rate and is thought to be reassuring.
500
AFI
What is amniotic fluid index?
500
Magnesium Sulfate
What is a drug used to decrease the risk for seizure in preeclamptic women, or for tocolysis in the management of preterm labor?
500
Maternal hypertension, vision changes, protein in the urine, URQ pain, with edema
What are the symptoms of pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH)?
500
Lanugo
What is the soft, downy hair that covers the body of the fetus in utero to protect the skin?