A woman is undergoing a nipple-stimulated contraction stress test (CST). She is having contractions that occur every 3 minutes. The fetal heart rate (FHR) has a baseline of ap-proximately 120 beats/min without any decelerations
The interpretation of this test is said to be: a. Negative.
b. Positive.
c. Satisfactory.
d. Unsatisfactory.
A
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A Adequate uterine activity necessary for a CST consists of the presence of three contractions in a 10-minute timeframe. If no decelerations are observed in the FHR pattern with the contractions, the findings are considered to be negative.
B A positive CST indicates the presence of repetitive later FHR decelerations.
C This term is not applicable.
D This term is not applicable.
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