Question
A patient has failed to have any further dilation after achieving 6 cm. As possible reasons for this secondary arrest of dilation are explored, you place an intrauterine catheter to calculate the intensity of her contractions which are measured in Montevideo units. Which of the following is a Montevideo unit?
| A. |
number of contractions in 10 minutes |
| B. |
number of contractions per minute times their intensity |
| C. |
the intensity of any 10 contractions times the time it took for them to occur |
| D. |
number of contractions in 10 minutes times their average intensity |
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