EH2 Week 5

Question 1

What are the five major causes of Maternal Death in Australia?

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Answer 1

1) Obstructed labour
2) Thromboembolism (commonest cause)
3) Hypotensive disorders
4) Rheumatic heart disease
5) Anaesthesia-related

Question 2

Why might the maternal death rate increase? Give three reasons why (BIO)

Answer 2

1) Internal age is getting older
2) Women are giving birth later in life
3) Obesity occurs in mothers

Question 3

What are the three components of the health care for the well-being of the mother and baby?

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Answer 3

1) Antenatal care: the care you receive during pregnancy, education and preparation component
2) During delivery: monitoring labour analgesia and support, delivering baby and placenta, recognizing problems
3) Postnatal care: Infant screening, vaccination and well child checks

Question 4

What are the five functions of the ANC?

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Answer 4

1) Pregnancy surveillance
- Confirming dates
- Managing common symptoms
- Monitoring growth and wellbeing of baby
- Checking foetal position – near term
- Planning the delivery

2) Educate about pregnancy, delivery options, care of new baby
- Note down things you would like to know as a mother

3) Preventive innervations
- Avoiding smoking
- Have a stable diet with no alcohol involved
- Folic acid used at the pre-conception
- Checking Hb and blood group (If Rh negative need anti-D)
- Screening infections
- Screening for foetal abnormalities

4) Early recognition and management of pregnancy related problems
- Bleeding in pregnancy
- Pregnancy induced hypertension
- Gestational diabetes
- Multiple pregnancy
5) Manage pre-existing medical conditions
- High blood pressure
- Asthma
- Epilepsy
- Diabetes
- Heart disease
- Depression

Question 5

What are the three main clinical features of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder?

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Answer 5

1) Small palpebral fissures: short horizontal length of the eye opening
2) Smooth philtrum: diminished or absent ridges between the upper lip and nose
3) Thin upper lip: with small volume

Question 6

Define Antenatal Care

Answer 6

The care you receive during pregnancy, education and preparation component

Question 7

Define During delivery

Answer 7

Monitoring labour analgesia and support, delivering baby and placenta, recognizing problems

Question 8

Define Postnatal care

Answer 8

Infant screening, vaccination and well child checks