Categories of the signs of pregnancy Flashcards
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Categories of the signs of pregnancy
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Presumptive, probable, posit ( diagnostic sign)
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- amenorrheea
- nausea (increase HCG)
- urinary frequency ( pressure of the growing fetus)
- excessive fatigue (increase of 30 - 50 % cardiac vol)
- breast changes (^ estrogen)
- quickening
- skin pigmentation (choloasma)
- abdominal striae (due to rupture of connective tissue)
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Presumptive
3
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- positive pt (^ HCG) or hmole/molar pregnancy
- enlarged abdomen
3.chadwick’s ign - goodwell’s sign
- hegar’s sign
- fetal outline by palpation
- braxton hick’s contraction
- ballotement
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probable
4
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- fetal heart tone
- fetal movement felt by the eaminer
- fetal x-ray
- fetal ultrasound
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posit / diagnostic
5
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“mask of pregnancy”
skin pigmentation during pregnancy due to 6 melanocyte
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chloasma
6
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stretchmarks during pregnancy
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striae gravidarum
7
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vertical line in abd. during pre
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linea nigra
7
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softening of lower uterine segment
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hegar sign
7
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bluish color of vagina
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chadwick sign
7
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softening of cervix
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goodell sign
8
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painless uterine contraction
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braxton hicks
