Class 4 Hemorrhage / Neonate resuscitation Flashcards
3 antepartum hemorrhages?
- Placenta previa
- Abruptio placentae
- Uterine rupture
What is the most common presentation for placenta previa?
-Painless vaginal bleeding
What is a complete previa?
-When cervical os is entirely covered by placenta
All patients with vaginal bleeding are considered to have a________ until proven negative by ultrasound
Placenta previa
Patients w/ previous C/S and current placenta previa are at high risk for what?
-Placenta accreta
When is a regional epidural appropriate for a placenta previa?
- Bleeding is not severe
- Stable patient
- Euvolemic
What induction agents should be considered if patient is hemodynamically unstable?
-Ketamine or Etomidate
What is placenta accreta?
Abnormally deep attachment of theplacenta, through theendometriumand into the myometrium
Name the 3 levels of placenta accreta?
- Accreta = does not penetrate entire myometrium
- Increta = deeper into myometrium
- Percreta = Completely through myometrium
Placenta acretta is ______ diagnosed before birth.
Rarely
Acretta increased risk factors.
- Placenta previa
- Uterine scars
- Thin placenta decidua
- Female fetus
How to treat accreta?
-C-Section w/ hysterectomy
What is abruptio placentae (placenta abruption)? And what is a common sign?
- Premature separation of placenta from uterine wall
- Painful vag bleed
What is the most common cause of intrapartum fetal death?
-abruptio placentae (placenta abruption
Risk factors of abruptio placentae (placenta abruption)?
- HTN
- Trauma
- Cocaine
- ETOH
- Uterine abnormality
- Multiparity