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Low risk pregnancy

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Evaluate normal growth and development

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At risk pregnancy

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Evaluate fetal status

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What should be performed by all pregnant women

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Maternal evaluation of fetal movement (kick counts 10 in 10)

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When should mother perform evaluation of fetal movement

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After 27 weeks

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DFMC

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Daily Fetal Movement Count

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How should mother perform DFMC?

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Lying sideways - 1 hour after meal

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Number of times fetus should move in one hour

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4

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Number of times a fetus should moved in 2 hours

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10

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If a baby doesn’t moved much what are they usually?

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Hypoxic

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If baby doesn’t move in the morning time, what should mother do?

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Call the doctor

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Use of high frequency sound waves to create an image of the fetus

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Ultrasound

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Limited obestric ultrasound

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Basic screening

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Ultrasound for women suspected of caring an abnormal fetus

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Comprehensive ultrasound

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What color is bone on an ultrasound?

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White

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What color is soft tissue on an ultrasound?

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Gray

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What color is fluid on an ultrasound?

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Black

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If you see nuchal thickening and flattened nasal brindge on a baby in an ultrasound, what does the baby have?

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Trisomy 21 or down syndrome

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The amount of amnionic fluid in the uterus is an indicator for what?

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Fetal well-being

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Excess amniotic fluid

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Polyhydramnios

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Decreased amounts of amniotic fluid

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Oligohydramnios

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What is polyhydramnios associated with?

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Diabetes or baby may have a neurological disorder and isn’t able to swallow

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What is Oligohydramnios associated with?

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The fetus may be swallowing but are not urinating - when baby is hypoxic, their kidneys shut off to support the heart and therefore - no urine

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How much fluid should a mother drink before having the amniotic fluid assessed?

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1 to 1 1/2 quarts of water

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Amniotic fluid volume (AFV)

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Measures only one pocket

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Amniotic fluid index (AFI)

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A measure of 4 quandrants or pockets

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Biophysical Profile (BPP)

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Fetal breathing movements 
Gross body movements
Fetal tone 
Reactive fetal heart rate
Amniotic fluid
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How many possible points can you get from a BPP?

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10 (2 points each)

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What is the normal BPP score?

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8-10

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What BPP score do you evaluated for possible delivery?

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BPP score of 4 or less

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If a mom is 32 weeks pregnant and the BPP score is 4 or less, what action takes place?

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They induce labor

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If baby is not flexed in the womb, what is wrong?

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The baby is hypoxic and therefore has lack of muscle fetal tone

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What are the 2 most important components of BPP?

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Amniotic fluid index (AFI)

Reactivity of the fetal heart rate

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Observe for accelerations of fetal heart rate in response to fetal movement

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Nonstress Test (NST)

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What indicates an intact nervous system, not effected by hypoxia?

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Accelerations

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How and when is an NST given?

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Can be performed after 30 weeks gestation - in semi-fowlers position with an empty bladder

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What does NST require?

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The use of an electronic fetal monitor

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EFM

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Electronic fetal monitor

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Two or more accelerations of fetal heart rate within 20 minutes

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Reactive NST (good)

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Does not meet criteria for reactive NST

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Nonreactive NST

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Acceleration of fetal heart rate

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An increase in heart rate of 15 bpm or more lasting 15 seconds (15 by 15 rule)

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Fetal Acoustic Stimulation test (FAST)

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Horn to wake up baby - sound stimulus

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Vibroacoustic stimulation test (VST)

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Vibrator to wake up baby for NST

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When would you NOT buzz to wake up a baby?

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When baby is nonreactive - when their heart rate keeps dropping

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This test is to observe the response of the fetal heart rate to contractions

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Contraction stress test (CST)

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What do they give mothers in a contraction stress test (CST)?

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Oxytocin or Pitacin

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What does the CST evaluate?

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Uteroplacental sufficiency

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When is the CST used?

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In at risk pregnancies

  • non reactive NST
  • post dates
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What does the CST require?

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Three contractions of 40 seconds duration in a 10 minute period

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How are contractions induced?

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By IV oxytocin or breast nipple) stimulations

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No late decelerations occur after any contraction

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Negative CST (good)

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Late decelerations occur with at least 2 out of the 3 contractions

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Positive CST (bad)

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Late decelerations with a single contractions or late decelerations occur with hyperstimulation pattern

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Equivocal CST (don’t know, keep watching)

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Needle is inserted into uterine cavity through the abdomen

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Amniocentesis

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When giving an amniocentesis, what do you do with it?

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An Ultrasound is used to identify locations of placental, fetal parts

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What is amniocentesis determining?

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Karyotype (DNA)

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What is amniocentesis used to determine in early pregnancy?

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Chromosomal abnormalities

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What is amniocentesis used to determine in late pregnancy?

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Fetal lung maturity or intrauterine infections

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This is necessary for normal respirator functioning of the newborn - to prevent RDS

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Surfactant

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What should the L/S ration be at 35 weeks to indicate lung maturity?

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2:1 (even 1.7:1 is bad)

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What appears in amniotic fluid at about 36 weeks gestation and indicates fetal lung maturity?

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Phosphatidylglycerol (PG +)

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Test for neural tube defects

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This is present in maternal serum and amniotic fluid

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Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)

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This rises throughout pregnancy and peaks at 30 weeks gestation

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Maternal serum AFP (MSAFP)

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When does amniotic fluid AFP (AFAFP) peak?

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At 15 weeks

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What is AFP produced by in the first 6 weeks?

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Fetal Yoke

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What is AFP produced by after the first 6 weeks?

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Fetal Liver

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When is MSAFP most accurate?

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Between 16-18 weeks

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What does increased levels of AFP indicate?

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Open neural tube defect (anencephaly or spina bifida)

Abdominal wall defect

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Anencephaly

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Lacking upper part of brain

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Increased AFP

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Fetal death

Multiple gestation

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Decreased levels of AFP

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Down’s syndrome

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Components of Penta screen

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AFP 
Unconjugated estriol
HcG
H-HcG 
Inhibin A (a hormone)
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H-HcG (what is added to the Quad screen to make it Penta screen)

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Hyperglyosated human chorionic gonadotropin

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Sample of the chorionic villi from the edge of the placenta is obtained

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Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)

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When is CVS done?

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Between 8 and 12 weeks gestation

75
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Glue that holds the placenta down

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Fetal fibronectin

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The presence of vaginal fibronectin between 20-34 weeks is a strong indicator of what?

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Preterm delivery

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What protein is produced by fetal tissues that is the glue that holds the placenta down?

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Glycoprotein

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