MATERNAL - LEC 1 Flashcards
- is administered by parenteral routes. Following parenteral
administration, the drug exhibits complete bioavailability. - after intravenous administration, uterine contractions begin
within approximately 1 minute and persist for around 1 hour.
OXYTOCIN
there are many risk factors for uterine atony and several are
due to the type of labor a mother experiences such as:
UTERINE ATONY
UTERINE ATONY
● prolonged labor
● labor lasting less than 3 hours,
● uterine inversion
● the use of magnesium sulfate infusions
● extended use of oxytocin
the assessment should start by generalizing the infant’s
appearance, including position, movement, color, and
breathing
INITIAL NEWBORN ASSESSMENT
it has been supposed to result from an abnormally low
resistance of the soft pass of the birth canal, from abnormally
strong uterine and abdominal contractions, or rarely from the
absence of painful sensations.
Precipitous Delivery
- is associated with rapid cervical dilation and fetal descent.
Precipitous Delivery
- complications of precipitous delivery can include:
- Vascular trauma
- uterine rupture
- uterine artery laceration
Hyperglycemia is the result of impaired glucose tolerance due
to pancreatic β-cell dysfunction on a background of chronic
insulin resistance. Risk factors for GDM include overweight and obesity, advanced maternal age, and a family history or
any form of diabetes
GESTATIONAL DIABETES
POSTPARTUM INFECTIONS
- ENDOMETRITIS
- PUERPERAL SEPSIS
- PERITONITIS
- INFECTION OF THE PERINEUM
- SEPTIC PELVIC THROMBOPHLEBITIS (SPT)
- FEMORAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS
- SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
occurs most commonly in the postpartum period, as childbirth allows ascending vaginal bacterial flora to infect the upper reproductive tract.
ENDOMETRITIS
also known as childbed fever and puerperal fever, are any bacterial infections of the female reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage.
PUERPERAL SEPSIS
infection of the peritoneal cavity, usually occurs as an extension of endometritis.
PERITONITIS
believed to be multifactorial, ie, occurs in infants with underlying biological vulnerability who experience an exogenous stressor, such as prone/side sleeping or soft bedding, during a critical developmental period.
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
a suture line on her perineum from an episiotomy or a laceration repair, a ready portal of entry exists for bacterial invasion.
INFECTION OF THE PERINEUM
a rare but serious complication that can occur after childbirth, often following a C-section, and involves inflammation and infection of the pelvic veins.
SEPTIC PELVIC THROMBOPHLEBITIS (SPT)
the femoral, saphenous, or popliteal veins are involved. formerly called milk leg or phlegmasia alba dolens (“white inflammation”).
FEMORAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS
