Antenatal Care Flashcards
ANTENATAL CARE is a ________ supervision including _______ and ________ to a _________ with the aim to ensure that ______________________ without _________________.
systemic
examination and advice
pregnant woman
every wanted pregnancy culminates in the delivery of a healthy baby
impairing the health of the mother
Ideally this Antenatal care should begin _____________ and continue __________________
soon after conception
throughout the pregnancy
Booking activities
*HISTORY TAKING
*______________________
*EXAMINATION
-General examination
-Breast Examination
-Respiratory
-CVS
-____________
*_______________
MEASUREMENT OF VITALS: Height, Weight, Blood pressure
Obstetric
HEALTH EDUCATION
Booking investigations
*HAEMATOLOGICAL
_______,_______,_______,________,________
*____________
*___________(__________)
Packed Cell Volume
Blood group
Genotype
Viral Markers (HIV I & II, HbsAg, HCV, VDRL)
URINALYSIS
RADIOLOGICAL (Obstetric USS)
MEDICATIONS
VACCINATION — _____________
_________ PROPHYLAXIS- _________
_________
AVOID TERATOGENIC DRUGS
ILLNESSES IN PREGNANCY TO BE TREATED USING DRUGS SAFE IN PREGNANCY
Tetanus toxoid
MALARIA; IPT
HEMATINICS
IPTp ??
Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria for pregnant women
Follow-up visits
LOW RISK PATIENTS:
-______-weekly from booking till ____weeks GA
-____-weekly from ___weeks till ___weeks GA
-____ Weekly from ____ weeks till ________
Four; 28
Two; 28; 36
Once ; 36; delivery
Follow-up visits
HIGH RISK PATIENTS:
Seen more frequently
-_____-weekly from booking till 28weeks GA
-____-weekly from 28weeks till delivery
Two
Once
Delivery Plan
TO BE MADE LATEST BY ____ WEEKS GA.
APPROPRIATE COUNSELLING OF PATIENT ON DELIVERY PLAN
LABOUR SIGNS
BIRTH PREPAREDNESS & COMPLICATION READINESS
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