Question

Cardiotocographs are designed to measure and record foetal heart rate on an average basis.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was asked in homework.

I'm obligated to ask this question of Exercise Stress Testing topic in chapter Arrhythmia and Ambulatory Monitoring Instruments of Biomedical Instrumentation

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) False

To explain I would say: False, Cardiotocographs are designed to measure and record foetal heart rate on a beat-to-beat basis rather than on an average basis. Normally, accuracy of measurement may be 2–3% for the classification of responses.