Antenatal clinics Flashcards

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ANC

Maternal care package is given by

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the family health bureau

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Pre - PG screening service package given for newly married couples

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  • Marriage registrar invitation card
  • Pre- PG/ Preconception screening tool
  • BMI
  • “Our best wishes for your blissfull home” booklet
  • Booklet for healthcare workers
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Marriage registar invitation card

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card to register in eligible family register. Even if the registrar doesn’t give, PHM should register newly married couples within 3/12 of marriage

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Sessions for newly married couples Hx is done by

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MOH, PHNS, PHM

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How many antenatal care sessions are held for newly married couples

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Two sessions

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Pre- conception screening tool/ Hx includes

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  • Medical Hx
  • Drug Hx
  • Family Hx
  • Sexual and reproductive health
  • Nutritional problems
  • Env risk factors
  • Psychosocial Hx- Depression, violence
  • Age
  • Education
  • Occupation- exposure to chemicals, heavy metals, sounds
  • Consanguinity
  • Gyn/ Obs Hx
  • Smoking, alcohol, betel chewing, substance usage
  • Exercise, hobbies
  • Sanitary facilities at home
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Pre- conception screening tool is filled by

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both wife and husband

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8
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Examination is also done on

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both wife and husband

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Examination includes

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  • Weight
  • Height
  • BMI
  • BP
  • CVS
  • Respi
  • Abd
  • CNS gross
  • Breast
  • General examination
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Ix done

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  • blood sugar
  • Hb
  • +/- VDRL, Group & Rh (not routinely done)
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Mx of Antenatal care

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  • Go through pre- PG screening tool
  • Family planning advice
  • Happy married life advice
  • If not had recieved Rubella MMR by PHM
  • Health education
  • PCST is handed back to the couple.
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12
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Registration in ANC happens on

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  • Walk- in to the ANC ( same day will be the booking visit)
  • Home visit by the PHM - Provide a date for the booking visit
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13
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Pregnancy record varies from mother and PHM (T/F?)

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True. It’s two different types of records

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Pregnany record for the mother is known as the

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H512

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15
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Pregnany record is available in what languages

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all three languages

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16
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Primi mothers are marked in what colour in H512

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Blue

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17
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PG at risk is marked in what colour in H512

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Red and documented in the space given in the H512

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18
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Rubella should be given ideally

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at least 1 month prior the conception

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19
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Why is rubella vaccine important

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to prevent congenital rubella syndrome

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20
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What types of diseases should be normalized before conception

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  • DM
  • HTN
  • Epilepsy
  • Anemia
  • Hypothyroidism
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What steps should be taken before conception

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  • family planning
  • give folic acid
  • Rubella vaccine if not given
  • Nutritional advice
  • Normalize any non- communicable disease if any
  • Meds might have to be altered
  • Smoking/ alcohol cessation
  • unity/ bond advice
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Besides rubella vaccine what other vaccine is given pre- PG in private sector

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Chicken Pox usually given 3/ 12 prior PG

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23
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STD screening

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not routinely done in SL

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24
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Genetic screening

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not routinely done. But thalassemia screening done if its a high- risk condition

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25
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What areas are high risk for thalassemia

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  • Kurunegala
  • Anuradhapura
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26
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Folic Acid Dose

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1mg daily till the end of T1 ( first 12/52)

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27
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ANC

Daily required dose of Folic Acid but the prescribed dose

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daily requirement is 0.4mg but 1mg is prescribed daily because there are no 0.4mg pills in SL

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28
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Last used contraceptive used

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  • Contraceptive failure
  • Expected/ unexpected PG
  • Cu- IUCD - ectopic PG?
  • If no methods used - precious child
29
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ANC

Hx taken during the booking visit includes

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  • PMHx
  • Present Obs Hx
  • Past Obs and Gyne Hx
  • Detailed medical and surgical Hx
  • FHx
  • Social Hx
  • Ask for any complaints- Nausea, Heartburn, urinary Sx,abd pain, PV bleeding
  • LMP to calculate the EDD
  • Folica acid taken or not
  • If this was a planned PG
  • Rubella Taken, Immunization Hx
30
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If the mother has PV bleeding in the early stages. Whats the concern

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miscarriage. Needs immediate admission

31
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ANC

If the mother has abd pain during the booking visit?

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Suspect ectopic PG. needs immediate admission

32
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ANC

When is the booking visit usually done

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usually 6-8 weeks of POA

33
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ANC

Examination done in the booking visit includes

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  • Height
  • Weight
  • Eyes- pallor
  • ankle and facial edema
  • BP
  • auscultate for murmurs
  • Respi exam, abd exam
  • breast exam
  • mental health exam
  • icterus
  • dental hygiene
  • cyanosis
  • clubbing
  • thyroid disease
34
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ANC

what’s used to calculate the height

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stadiometer

35
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ANC

Height is calculated closest to the

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0.5cm

36
Q

ANC

weight is calculated

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to the closest 0.1kg

37
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ANC

Why is ankle and facial edema checked in the booking visit

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to screen for PG induced HTN, pre- eclampsia

38
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ANC

Ix done in the booking visit

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  • FBC
  • UFR- to check for protein, sugar
  • VDRL
  • HIV
  • Grouping and Rh factor
  • FBS/ PPBS
39
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ANC

Anemia cut- off in T1 and T2, T3

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  • T1- <11g/ dL
  • T2, T3- <10.5 g/dL
40
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ANC

MCV and MCH values to refer to curative hospitals

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  • MCV- <80
  • MCH- <27
41
Q

ANC

Mx after the booking visit

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  • Give supplements
  • refer all mothers to hospitals for shared care
42
Q

ANC

If VDRL becomes positive what needs to be done

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do a TPPA or TPHA

43
Q

ANC

TPPA

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Treponema pallidum particle agglutination test

44
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ANC

TPHA

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Treponema pallidum heme agglutination test

45
Q

ANC

why is another test done after a positive VDRL

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PG can cause false positives in VDRL

46
Q

ANC

Supplements given in booking visit

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  • Folic acid 1mg/d
  • Thriposha - 2 packets/ month
47
Q

ANC

Routine visit Hx

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  • Any complaints
  • Any Sx
48
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ANC

Examinations done only in the booking visit

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  • Height
  • BMI
  • Respi exam
  • Breast exam
49
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ANC

Why is height checked in the booking visit

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if the mother is < 145cm its an absolute indication for LSCS

50
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ANC

Examinations done in every visit ( routine visit)

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  • Weight
  • pallor
  • BP
  • Abd exam
51
Q

ANC

Examinations done once in every trimester

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  • CVS ( murmurs)
  • Mental health
52
Q

ANC

Ix done in routine visit

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  • urine for sugar and protein in every visit
  • Hb/ FBC- done in 28 weeks
  • OGTT done in 28 weeks
53
Q

ANC

If OGTT raise suspicion for GDM. Next step

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repeat OGTT again at 34 weeks

54
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ANC

Whats recorded as weight in the H 512

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weight gain in relation to POA in a graph

55
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ANC

based on what is the expected weight made

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BMI

56
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ANC

BMI ranges

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  • < 18.5 - underweight
  • 18.5- 24.9 - normal
  • 25- 29.9 overweight
  • > = 30 - obese
57
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ANC

Expected weight gain for the normal BMI range

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11.5 - 16 kg

58
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ANC

higher the BMI….. the weight gain in PG

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lower the weight gain

59
Q

ANC

Besides weight gain what else is graphed during ANC

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SFH w a measuring tape. graphed according to the POA

60
Q

ANC

Diabetic tests done during PG

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  • FBS
  • OGTT
  • PPBS
61
Q

ANC

If FBS, PPBS is high how is Diabetes Dx

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Dx by OGTT

62
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ANC

OGTT

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Mother will come fasting. Take a blood sample for FBS
Dissolve 75g of monohydrated glucose sachet in water ask to drink it. Take a blood sample 2 hours after.

63
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ANC

Monohydrated satchets come in…. flavors

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  • orange
  • lemon
64
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ANC

Is thalassemia screening done in SL

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usually no. done if there’s a high risk and also in high risk areas- kurunegala, anuradhapura

65
Q

ANC

Dipstick test

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dipstick dipped in urine sample and the colour the dipstick changes into is matched with the colour of the Dx colours to see if its high in sugar

66
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ANC

If dipsticks are not available, what other options are available

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  • for sugar- benedicts test can be done
  • for protein- heat precipitation, coagulation test can be done
67
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ANC

micronutrients given during PG

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  • folic acid- 3 months prior to PG
  • Iron - to prevent anemia
  • Vit c- to increase iron absorption
  • Ca- for fetal skeletal development
  • Thriposha
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