L3: Pregnancy is not a disease Flashcards
when does NICE recommend booking interview to be completed by
10 weeks
how many antenatal appointments for parous women
7
how many antenatal appointments for nulliparous women
10
nulliparous=
never given birth
blood tests in antenatal appointments (7)
ABO -rhesus factor FBC venereal disease HIV antibodies Heb B haemoglobinopathies Down's syndrome screening
when do you first listen to foetal heart
37 weeks
normal baby presentation
cephalic
abnormal baby presentation
breach
3 palpations in abdominal examination
fundus
lateral
spine of foetus
fundus height in cm=
gestational age between 16-36 weeks
when does symphysis fundal height drop
36-40 weeks (engagement)
high Bp reading in pregnancy could be
pre-eclampsia
significant oedema–>
hypertensive disorder
infection in pregnancy increases risk of
still birth or miscarriage
4 forms of pregnancy loss
spontaneous miscarriage
ectopic pregnancy
termination of pregnancy
still birth