Fetal Heart Rate 5-tier for Pc

1. The system divides all fetal heart rate tracings into one of five categories: Green (no acidemia, no intervention required), Blue, Yellow, Orange or Red (evidence of actual or impending fetal asphyxia, rapid delivery recommended).

2. In addition to interpreting fetal heart rate (FHR) tracings, health care professionals must communicate with each other about the tracings in a way that is understood by all parties, and decide what action to take.

3. The NICHD three-tier system of classifying fetal heart rate (FHR) tracings has been criticized for having too wide a range of tracings in “Category II”.

4. (AJOG July 2007) The intent of their system is to standardize management of different fetal heart rate tracings.

5. Thus, for Blue, Yellow, and Orange tracings, the final results screen reminds the user to consider actions such as maternal position change, decreasing oxytocin, or amnioinfusion.

6. As noted by Parer and Ikeda, the guidelines for management may need to be modified for institutions other then theirs, and may even change depending on time of day.

7. Some researchers and clinicians believe that the five-tier color-coded system more effectively classifies EFM tracings.

8. This application tries to faithfully aggregate information from major authorities (see references) and does not introduce or substitute the judgment of the makers of this application for those authorities.

9. Without the FHR 5-tier app, one must refer to a table with 134 possible combinations of variability, baseline, and decelerations.

10. All aspects of the tracing are summarized on the colored results screen, so that the user can quickly communicate with others.

11. One must also either memorize or refer to the definitions for mild, moderate and severe decelerations, which are complex and sometimes confusing.

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