A patient receives a nonstress test NST at the CHUL hospital in Quebec City. NST is a Doppler time series recording of the heart

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Cindy Hains receives a nonstress test NST at the CHUL hospital in Quebec City The NST is a Doppler time series recording of the heart beat of a fetus in utero simultaneous with the abdominal and or uterine contractions of the pregnant woman to indicate if the baby is not receiving enough oxygen because of placental or umbilical cord problems and other types of fetal distress

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Location: CHUL hospital, Quebec City, Canada
Photo credit: © Francis Vachon / Alamy / Afripics
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