Antepartum Fetal Surveillance Flashcards
The primary goal of antepartum surveillance is to?
-identify fetus at risk for intrauterine death or neurological disease
-improve neonatal outcomes
-plan for fatal assessment
-fetal information and growth evaluation
Maternal indication for antenatal surveillance ?
Chronic heart disease
Chronic renal disease
Hypothyroidism
Diabetes
Symptomatic heamoglopinopathy
What are the placental indication for antenatal surveillance?
Antiphospholipid anti body syndrome
Sle
Pregnancy induce hypertension
Thrombophillia
Placental anomalies
What are the fetal indication for antenatal survillance ?
Decease fetal movement
Amniotic fluid abnormality
Post term pregnancy
Microsomia
Multiple pregnancy
Iugr
When to initiate fetal survillance ?
32-34 weeks
Fetal movement reassurance ?
10 within 12 hours during normal activity
10 within 2 hours at rest
Fetal movement are highest at which time and week ?
28-32 at evening
At still birth fetal movement will stop after ??
12-24 hour
Non stress test study the relationship between ?
Changes in heart rate according to fetal movement
Components of non stress test ?
Acceleration
Deceleration
Fetal heart baseline
Beat to beat variability
The hypothesis of the non stress test is ?
The heart rate of a non acidotic fetus should accelerate in response to movement
The heart rate of the fetus is controlled by ?
Sympathetic system -responsible for acceleration
Parasympathetic - responsible for beat to beat variability
Reactive non stress identified as ?
When we have 2 or more fetal heart rate acceleration reaching a peak of 15 bpm above the base line foe 15 seconds to return within 20 minutes
Non reactive non stress test is when ?
We don’t have acceleration over a 40 minutes
Causes for non reactive non stress test ?
Fetal immaturity
Maternal smoking
Fetal asleep