{"id":572,"date":"2015-06-17T19:59:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T19:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/?page_id=572"},"modified":"2023-10-25T20:02:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T20:02:57","slug":"fetal-heart-accelerations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/?page_id=572","title":{"rendered":"Fetal Heart Accelerations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Among the important types of deviations of the FHR tracing from the baseline is a fetal heart &#8220;acceleration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These usually occur in response to fetal movement, are 15 BPM above the baseline or more, and last at least 15 seconds (a 15 x 15 acceleration). At gestational ages less than 32 weeks, these accelerations are smaller and briefer, rising 10 BPM and lasting 10 seconds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-613\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/efm_accelerations.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-613\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/efm_accelerations-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Accelerations\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/efm_accelerations-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/efm_accelerations-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/efm_accelerations.jpg 1396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Accelerations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Accelerations can often be provoked by stimulating the fetal scalp during a pelvic examination, or by acoustically stimulating the fetus with a loud, obnoxious noise. The presence of fetal accelerations is reassuring that the fetus is healthy and tolerating the intrauterine environment well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-627\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/efm_fas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-627\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/efm_fas-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Fetal Acoustic Stimulation with normal fetal heart response\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/efm_fas-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/efm_fas.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fetal Acoustic Stimulation with normal fetal heart response<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During labor, no significance is attached to the absence of fetal accelerations.<\/p>\n<p>In the event that an acceleration lasts longer than 2 minutes, then it is called a &#8220;prolonged acceleration.&#8221; If it lasts longer than 10 minutes, it is no longer considered an acceleration&#8230;it is defined as a change in baseline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the important types of deviations of the FHR tracing from the baseline is a fetal heart &#8220;acceleration.&#8221; These usually occur in response to fetal movement, are 15 BPM above the baseline or more, and last at least 15 seconds (a 15 x 15 acceleration). At gestational ages less than 32 weeks, these accelerations are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/?page_id=572\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fetal Heart Accelerations<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":556,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-572","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1538,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/572\/revisions\/1538"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/mil_ob_gyn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}