2nd and 3rd trimester complication Flashcards
Placenta’s role: transport of nutrients and waste products to and from developing fetus; “fetomaternal organ”
• Fusion between fetal (____) and maternal (____) tissue for physiological exchange
chorion
endometrial
r =weeks 13 through 25 weeks and 6 days of gestation
=26 weeks of gestation through the estimated due date
Second trimester
• Third trimester
Second Trimester Complications
• Fetal Infections-TORCH infections –
-Toxoplasmosis
– Other (Syphilis, Parvovirus B19)
– Rubella
– Cytomegalovirus
– Herpes Simplex Virus
a coccidian parasite
- Essential reservoir-felines
- Acute infection–>devastating effects; risk of fetal infection ↑ with gestational age, but severity ↓ with gestational age
Toxoplasmosis
Transmission of Toxoplasmosis
o transplacental
o fecal-oral route
o risk of fetal infection increases with gestational age
o severity of fetal infection decreases with gestational age
You’re performing ultrasound on women during 2nd trimester and notice baby ahs intracranial calcifications, hydrocephalus and choretinitis, DX
Toxoplasmosis:
triad seen in 2nd semseter = hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications, and chorioretinitis
Clincal manifestations of Toxoplasmosis during:
1st
2nd
3rd trimester
o First trimester-often results in death
o Second trimester-classic triad of hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications, and chorioretinitis
o Third trimester-often asymptomatic at birth
How do you Dx Toxoplasmosis in mom and baby
mom: +IgM and IgG titers
fetal PCR of amniotic fluic
a Gram-neg spirochete
• Transmission: – transplacental – sexual activity
Fetal Infections-Syphilis
• Treponema pallidum
Clincal manifestation of congentital syphillis
Clinical Manifestations-Congenital syphilis – spontaneous abortion (first trimester)
– Stillbirth
– non-immune hydrops (CV fail)
– preterm birth
– Hepatomegaly
– ascites
– anemia, thrombocytopenia
you are doing an ultrasound on mom that is almost in her 2nd trimetser of pregnancy. You note abnormalities on ultrasound: ascites and hepatometagly. What is the mom at risk for or have?
at risk for still birthr or preterm baby:
has congenital syphillis
Dx for Syphillis
– Screening: RPR and VDRL
– FTA-ABS and microhemagglutination (MHA) test to confirm dx
– Dark-field microscopy and direct fluorescent- antibody testing
-a single-stranded DNA virus; see infection & lysis of erythroid progenitor cells–> hemolysis & transient aplastic crisis
• Parvovirus B19
Transmission of B19
Dx of B19
• Transmission
– Respiratory droplets
– Transplacental transfer
Diagnosis
– +IgM and IgG
– Viral DNA by PCR (amniotic fluid)
Clicnal manifestation of ParvoB19
anemia, acute myocarditis, edema/hydrops, intrauterine fetal demise
- Togavirus - a RNA virus
- Since licensure of an effective vaccine, frequency has ↓
• Transmission
– Transplacental
– Respiratory droplets
Rubella
Baby with: Deafness/ Eye defects (cataracts or retinopathy)/ CNS defects/ Cardiac malformations
– Other anomalies: microcephaly, mental retardation, pneumonia, fetal growth restriction, hepatosplenomegaly, hemolytic anemia, and thrombocytopenia
Caused by Rubella
Effects eyes, ears and heart
think rubella
Dx of Rubella
Diagnosis
– ↑ IgM & IgG titers
– PCR of amniotic fluid
see lemon shaped skull
double-stranded DNA virus of the herpes family
• Transmission: Transplacental: Perinatal (contact with vagina during delivery or breast milk after delivery): Contact with bodily fluids **(urine/saliva) **
Cytomegalovirus