ANC Flashcards
Ideally when should booking occur?
10 weeks
What should all women take to prevent neural tube defects?
Folic acid 400mcg
Which women require high dose folic acid?
Women with hx neural tube defects Epileptics BMI >30 Sickle cell disease Known diabetes
What vitamin do all women need for pregnancy and breast feeding?
Which women most likely to need vit d supplementation?
Vitamin D 10mcg
Darker skin, lack of sunlight exposure
Which acquired in infection is associated with soft cheese and pate?
Listeriosis
Anaemia
Anaemic at booking?
28 weeks?
Postnatal?
110
105
100
What does the combined test entail and when should it occur?
Which test if combined screen not done?
NT
bHCG
PAPP-A
10-13+6
Quadrouple/triple test 15-20 weeks
How many antenatal appointments for uncomplicated pregnancies?
Primip- 10
Multip 7
Which vitamin may be teratogenic?
Vitamin A
What is routine serology screen?
What should <25s be screened for?
Hep B HIV Syphillis Toxoplasmosis (rubella)
Chlamydia
What is one unit of alcohol and how much should pregnancy women drink?
1 shot- half pint.
No more that 1-2 units per week
How long can breast milk be stored for?
5 days in fridge
2 weeks in freezer of fridge
6 months in domestic freezer
