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Fetal Heart Rate
Influences on Fetal Heart Rate Control
| Physiology | Effect on Fetal Heart Rate |
|---|---|
| Parasympathetic Nervous System | Slow FHR |
| Sympathetic Nervous System | Increases FHR |
| Intermittent fetal hypoxemia causes_________. | Increase in FHR or brief tachycardia |
| CO=HR x SV Heart rate x stroke volume | Formula for adult cardiac output |
| Baroreceptors | Detect changes in arterial blood pressure |
| Fetal cardiac output depends on ________. | Heart Rate |
| Increase in arterial blood pressure | Abrupt decrease in FHR, CO and BP |
| Increased PCO2 stimulates | Chemoreceptors to slow FHR |
| Head compression | Early Deceleration |
| Cord compression | Variable Deceleration |
| Utero placental insufficiency | Late Deceleration |
| Anemia | Sinusoidal Pattern |
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| Renin-angiotensin system | Maintains umbilical placental blood flow |
| Prostaglandins | Regulation of umbilical blood flow Maintains patency of fetal ductus arteriosus |
| Quiet sleep | Responds to vibroacoustic stimulation |
| Definition of quiescence | Occasional brief body movements |
| Active (REM) sleep | Reactive NST |
| Absent REM | Non-Reactive NST |
| Preterm | Heart rates are faster, decrease variability |
| Circulation time from fetal-placental site to chemoreceptors. | Decelerations |