CHAP 25 - POSTPARTUM COMP Flashcards

1
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Assessing the Postpartum Patient with Complications

EFPTP
DRUAP
PLPP

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 Elevated temperature
 Feeling of extreme sadness or unreality
 Pallor
 Thready, rapid, weak pulse
 Pain and swelling
 Decreased blood pressure
 Relaxed uterus
 Uterine hemorrhage
 Abdominal pain
 Pain of symphysis pubis on walking
 Perineal pain
 Lochia with foul odor
 Pain and tenderness in calf of leg
 Positive Homans sign

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Expected outcomes for discharge include:

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 Lochia is free of foul odor.
 Fundus remains firm and midline with progressive
descent.
 Patient maintains a urinary output greater than 30 mL/h
 Lochia discharge amount is 6 in or less on a perineal pad
1 hour.
 Patient maintains vital signs and oxygen saturation
within defined normal limits.
 Patient identifies signs and symptoms that should be
reported.
 Patient demonstrates attachment behaviors with infant
despite separation or activity restriction.

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HEMORRHAGE

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one of the primary causes of mortality associated with childbearing,

is a major treat during
pregnancy, throughout labor, and continuing into the postpartum period.

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4
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4 Main Reasons for Postpartum Hemorrhage

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1) Tone - uterine atony
2) Trauma - lacerations, hematomas, uterine inversion, or
uterine rupture
3) Tissue - retained placental fragments
4) Thrombin - development of disseminated intravascular
coagulation (DIC)

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5
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TONE

A

UTERINE ATONY

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TRAUMA

A

lacerations, hematomas, uterine inversion, or
uterine rupture

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7
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TISSUE

A

retained placental fragments

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8
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THROMBIN

A

development of disseminated intravascular
coagulation (DIC)

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9
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or relaxation of the uterus, is the most
frequent cause of postpartum hemorrhage; it tends to occur
most often in Asian, Hispanic, and Black patients.

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UTERINE ATONY

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10
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UTERINE ATONY

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or relaxation of the uterus, is the most
frequent cause of postpartum hemorrhage; it tends to occur
most often in Asian, Hispanic, and Black patients.

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S/sx of Uterine Atony

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1) Abrupt gush of blood
2) Hypovolemic shock
3) Falling BP
4) Rapid, weak, o rthready pulse
5) Increased and shallow respirations
6) Clammy skin with hypopigmented mucocutaneous
surfaces
7) Increasing anxiety

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12
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Conditions that Distend the Uterus Beyond Average
Capacity

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1) Multiple gestation
2) Polyhydramnios (excessive amount of amniotic fluid)
3) Large baby (greater than 9 lb)
4) Presence of uterine myomas (fibroid tumors)

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13
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Conditions that Could Have Caused Cervical or Uterine
Lacerations

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1) Operative birth
2) Rapid birth

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Conditions With Varied Placental Site or Attachment

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1) Placenta previa
a) Low lying placenta
b) Marginal placenta
c) Partial previa
d) Complete previa

2) Placenta accreta
a) Accreta
b) Increta
c) Percreta

3) Premature separation of the placenta

4) Retained placental fragments

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15
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Conditions that Leave the Uterus Unable to Contract Readily

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1) Deep anesthesia or analgesia
2) Labor initiated or assisted with an oxytocin agent
3) High parity or age over 35 years of age
4) Previous uterine surgery
5) Chorioamnionitis or endometritis
6) Secondary illness such as anemia
7) Prior history of postpartum hemorrhage
8) Prolonged use of magnesium sulfate or other tocolytic
therapy

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16
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Conditions that Lead to Inadequate Blood Coagulation

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1) Fetal death
2) Disseminated intravascular coagulation

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17
Q

Additional Measures That Can Be Helpful To Combat
Uterine Atony Include:

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 Elevate the patient’s lower extremities to improve
circulation to essential organs.
 Offer a bedpan or assist the pt to the bathroom at least
every 4 hours to be certain their bladder is emptying
because a fulll bladder predisposes a patient to uterine
atony.
 Administer oxygen by face mask at a rate of about 10-12
L/min.
 Obtain vital signs.

18
Q

other therapeutic management of uterine atony

A

1) Bimanual Compression
2) Blood Replacement
3) Hysterectomy or Suturing

18
Q

Therapeutic Management for Uterine Atony

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1) Oxytocin bolus/infusion
2) Tranexamic acid for bleeding
3) Carbopost thomethamine
4) Misoprostol (cytotec)
5) Prostaglandin F2a derivative
6) Methylergonovine maleate (Methergin)

19
Q

HOW MANY DEGREE OF SEPERATION

20
Q

GRADE 2

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VAGINAL BLEEDING, UTERINE CONTRACTIONS, NO SIGNS OF MATERNAL SHOCK, SIGNS OF FETAL DISTRESS PRESENT

20
Q

PPC

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 Partial abruption concealed hemorrhage
 Partial abruption apparent hemorrhage
 Complete abruption, concealed hemorrhage

20
Q

is a prolapse of the fundus of the uterus
through the cervix so that the uterus turns inside out.

A

UTERINE INVERSION

21
Q

GRADE 0

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ASYMPTOMATIC, SMALL RETROPLACENTA CLOT DETECTED

21
Q

GRADE 1

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VAGINAL BLEEDING, UTERINE IRRITABLITY, AND TEDNERNESS PRESENT; NO SIGN OF MATERNAL OR FETAL DISTRESS

22
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GRADE 3

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SEVERE BLEEDING PRESENT OR CONCEALED

UTERINE HYPERTONOUS
WOODEN HARD UTERUS
PERSISTENT ABDOMINAL PAIN
MATERNAL SHOCK
OFTEN COAGULOPATHY
FETAL DISTRESS OR DEATH

23
Q

a placenta does not detach
in its entirely; fragments of it separate and are left still
attached to the uterus.

A

RETAINED PLACENTAL FRAGMENTS

23
Q

a placenta that fuses with the
myometrium because of an abnormal decidua basalis
layer, may also be retained.

A

PLACENTA ACCRETA

23
Q

LACERATION

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They occur most often:
 With difficult or precipitate births
 In primigravidas
 With the birth of a large infant (heavier than 9 lb)
 With the use of a lithotomy position and instruments
(e.g., focep, vacuum extraction)

24
Q

a placenta with an accessory
lobe, it can happen in any instance.

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SUCCENTURIATA PLACENTA

24
Q

3 KINDS OF LACERATION

A

CERVICAL
VAGINAL
PERINEAL

24
Q

If a pt has a suture line on the perineum from an
episiotomy or a laceration repair, a ready portal of entry
exists for bacterial invasion.

A

INFECTION OF THE PERINEUM

25
Q

4 CLASSIFICATION OF PERINEAL LACERATION

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FIRST
SECOND
THIRD
FOURTH DEGREE

25
Q

is inflammation with the formation of
blood clots.

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THROMBOPHLEBITIS

25
Q

is a
defficiency in clotting ability caused by vascular injury.

25
Q

is the incomplete return of the uterus to its
pre-pregnant size and shape.

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SUBINVOLUTION

26
Q

or infection of the peritoneal cavity, usually
occur as an extension of endometritis.

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PERITONITIS

26
Q

is an infection of the endometrium, the lining
of the uterus.

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ENDOMETRITIS

26
Q

is a collection of blood below the
epidermis of the vulva.

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VULVAR HEMATOMAS

27
Q

PHLEBITIS

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is inflammation of the lining of a blood vessel.