A fetal heart rate pattern that the NICHD has identified as predictive of current or impending fetal asphyxia so severe that the fetus is at risk of neurologic damage or death is
A. Baseline tachycardia with absent variability
B. Minimal baseline variability with recurrent late decelerations
C. Recurrent late or variable decelerations with absent variability
Answer: C. Recurrent late or variable decelerations with absent variability
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