Clinical Management of Category III Fetal Heart Rate Tracings Course
Clinical Management of Category III Fetal Heart Rate Tracings Course is organized by Physicians Insurance - A Mutual Company.
Origination: Aug 2021
Expiration: Dec 2024
Description:
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) workgroup standard for fetal heart rate monitoring assessment and categorization, first proposed in 1997 and subsequently updated in 2008 was meant to promote commonality of FHR tracing nomenclature and interpretation. Based on these recommendations, a three-tiered categorization pattern based on the visual assessment of the fetal heart rate pattern was adopted. This module aims to review and apply essential FHR content in several clinical scenarios to highlight an important Clinical Pearl: The Category III tracing is a rare intrapartum FHR pattern that is highly associated with fetal acidemia and adverse neonatal outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
• Consistently apply 1997 and 2008 NICHD definitions and terminology when describing intrapartum fetal heart rate patterns.
• Identify intrapartum fetal heart rate tracings using the 2008 NICHD 3-tiered system.
• Recognize the fetal heart rate characteristics that define a Category III pattern.
• Review the diagnostic imprecision and clinical significance of minimal fetal heart rate variability.
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