Definitions- OB Flashcards
SGA neonate
birth weight <10% for GA
Grand multipara
> 4 live births
velamentous cord
divergent umbilical vessels at cord insertion to placenta
surrounded only by fetal membranes
no wharton’s jelly
umbilical vein varix
focal dilation of umbilical vein located inside fetal abdomen; resolves after birth
spina bifida/tethered cord
incomplete closure of vertebra by day 28
cord attached to caudal structures
damage caused by repeated flexion/extension (weakness, bladder sensation etc)
Recurrent pregnancy loss
classic definition = 3 or more losses
ASRM recently changed to 2 or more (clinically recognized by sono or pathology < 20 weeks)
Tucker McLane Forceps
Solid blade, overlapping shanks with rounder curve, no molding
Simpson-Liukhart forceps
pseudofenestrated blade, parallel split shanks with longer curve for molding
Gestational thrombocytopenia
diagnosis of exclusion; plts <150; normal outside of pregnancy
retained placenta
not delivered with active management by 30 minutes. Longer if physiologic management or 2nd trimester
98% of placentas delivered by then
Postpartum hemorrhage
1) cumulative blood loss of >1000 mL
2) bleeding associated with signs or symptoms of hypovolemia within 24h of birth
REGARDLESS OF ROUTE OF DELIVER
Cervical insufficiency
inability of the uterine cervix to retain a pregnancy in the second trimester in the absence of clinical contractions, labor or both
polyhydramnios
MVP >8 or AFI >24
Accreta
abnormal trophoblastic invasion into the myometrium of the uterine wall due to placental implantation at an area of defective decidualization typically caused by preexisiting damage to the endometrial-myometrial interface
Increta
anchoring placental villi penetrate into the myometrium