clinical stuff

Question 1

compared with white babies (32 out of 10,000), the stillbirth rate for black babies is

Answer 1

more than twice as high in black babies (72 out of 10,000)

Question 2

compared with white babies (32 out of 10,000), the stillbirth rate for Asian babies is:

Answer 2

around 50% higher in Asian babies (51 out of 10,000)

Question 3

for intrapartum antibiotics (for PTL/GBS), you give benpen. What do you give if there is chorioamnionitis

Answer 3

benpen + gent + metronidazole

Question 4

for intrapartum antibiotics (for PTL/GBS) and non-severe penicillin allergy, what do you give?

Answer 4

cefotaxime (or some other ceph that works against GBS)

Question 5

for intrapartum antibiotics for chorioamnionitis AND non-severe penicillin allergy, what do you give?

Answer 5

cefotaxime + metronidazole
(you don’t also add gent like you do if you’re giving benpen)

Question 6

for intrapartum antibiotics (for PTL/GBS) and SEVERE penicillin allergy, what do you give?

Answer 6

Vancomycin

Question 7

for intrapartum antibiotics for CHORIOAMNIONITIS and SEVERE penicillin allergy what do you give?

Answer 7

Vancomycin + gent + metronidazole

Question 8

rate of recurrence of ectopic pregnancy

Answer 8

18% (?)

Question 9

rate of recurrence of pre-eclampsia

Answer 9

16% (?)

Question 10

dose of radiation to breast tissue during CTPA

Answer 10

a minimum radiation dose of 2.0 rad (20 mGy) to the breasts of an average-sized woman

Question 11

Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) is defined as…

Answer 11

a lack of implantation after the transfer of three or more good quality embryos (IVF)

Question 12

how does glucose get into the foetus?

Answer 12

the most crucial factor in determining the fetal glucose concentration is the FACILITATED DIFFUSION process at the basal membrane or, more specifically: the permeability of the basal membrane and the density of the transporter GLUT1 on its faces.