The nurse providing care for a high-risk laboring woman is alert for late FHR decelerations.Which clinical finding might be the cause for these late decelerations?

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Uteroplacental insufficiency results in late FHR decelerations.Altered fetal cerebral blood flow results in early FHR decelerations.Umbilical cord compression results in variable FHR decelerations.Meconium-stained fluid may or may not produce changes in the FHR,depending on the gestational age of the fetus and whether other causative factors associated with fetal distress are present.

The Nurse Providing Care for a High-Risk Laboring Woman Is