Blueprints 1 Flashcards
What is the urine pregnancy test specifically testing for?
Beta subunit of HCG
What is the normal peaking and decreasing pattern of beta HCG in a pregnant woman?
Peaks at 100k miliunits per ml at 10 weeks gestation
Decreasing throughout second trimester
Levels off at 20k to 30k in third trimester
A viable pregnancy can be confirmed by transvaginal US as early as when? What does this mean?
A viable pregnancy can be confirmed by what level of BHCG?
5 weeks on transvaginal US
Viable IUP showing gestational sac
1500 to 2000
Fetal heart motion can be seen on transvaginal US as early as when?
Fetal heart motion can be seen at what level of HCG?
6 weeks
5k to 6k
What range do we call a baby embryo? Fetus? Infant?
What range is first trimester? Second trimester? Third trimester?
0-8 weeks
8 weeks to birth
Birth to 1 year
0-12-14, 12-14 to 24-28, 24-28-delivery
What are the ranges of Previable, preterm, term, and posterm babies?
Delivered prior to 24
24-37
37-42
Beyond 42
What does gravidity and parity refer to?
Number of times a lady has been pregnant
Number of pregnancies at or beyond 20 weeks or over 500 g
What does nulli, primi and multi refer to?
O pregnancies, 1 pregnancy, more than 1
What is the difference between gestational age and developmental age?
Gestational age is measured from first day of last menstrual period
Development age is measured from fertilization which is 14 days after
How do we use the Naegele’s rule to estimate due date?
A typical pregnancy lasts how many days or weeks?
- Determine first day of last menstrual period
- Subtract 3 calendar months from that date
- Add 1 year and 7 days
280 days or 40 weeks
Auscultation of fetal heart at what week?
Heart sound by Doppler at what week?
Mom awareness of baby movement at what week?
20
10
16-20
A safe rule of thumb is that the US should not differ from LMP dating for sure date by more than how much in each trimester?
Trimester 1, 1 week
Trimester 2, 2 weeks
Trimester 3, 3 weeks
What is the possible issue for a lady with oligo-ovulatory?
These ladies ovulate past the 14 day mark so we would estimate their due date further out, resulting in thinking we might have a postterm baby at the end.
How much does cardiac output increase in a pregnant lady and when does it peak?
The increase in cardiac output is first due to what and then maintained by what?
Systemic vascular resistance does what in a pregnant lady and what is the mechanism?
30-50%, 20-24 weeks
SV first, and then maintained by HR as SV drops to normal levels by 3rd trimester
Decreases which leads to BP dropping due to progesterone causing smooth muscle relaxation.
What does tidal volume and total lung capacity do during pregnancy and why the total lung capacity change?
What happens to PaCO2 during pregnancy and why is it significant?
Why does PaO2 go up?
Tidal volume goes up, TLC goes down because the diaphragm is elevated.
Drops. This is important because it increases the gradient between mom and baby allowing for increased o2 to baby and co2 to mom from baby.
Increased tidal volume with constant RR, increases minute ventilation.
What is likely the cause of morning sickness?
How do we define hyperemesis gravidarum?
Elevation in estrogen, progesterone and bHCG
Severe morning sickness with weight loss and ketosis
What happens to GFR during pregnancy and what happens to renin system and what does that mean?
GFR increases by 50% and the renin system increases as well which means more salt and water reabsorbed. However, the plasma level doesn’t change because GFR is so high.
How much does blood volume increase during pregnancy, but what does that mean for RBC?
What factors increase which contribute to pregnancy being a hypercoagulable state?
What is Virchows triad?
50%, however RBC mass not that much so there is dilution all anemia
Fibrinogen, factors 7-10
Hypercoagulable, venous stasis and endo damage
the alpha subunit of HCG is identical to the alpha subunit of what 3 things?
LH, FSH and TSH
Caloric requirement increases to what during pregnancy and breastfeeding?
300kcal/day
500kcal/day