Neonatal death and pregnancy definitions Flashcards
How long is the gestation period for humans?
280 days or 40 weeks
Define Neonatal death and early neonatal death
Neonatal death is the death of a live born baby in the first 28 days of life.
Early neonatal death is the death of a live born baby in the first 7 days of life.
Define stillbirth.
Stillbirth: Baby born dead after 24 weeks gestation.
Define miscarriage
Miscarriage: Baby born dead before 24 weeks of gestation
Define Perinatal death
Stillbirth + Early Neonatal death
Define Infant death
Death of a live born baby in the first year of life
What is week 1 to 8 of pregnancy known as?
Embryonic period
What is the fetal period?
From week 9 to 38 of pregnancy
Define age of viability, neonatal period and infancy.
Age of viability is the first 24 weeks.
Neonatal period is the first 4 weeks of life.
Infancy is the first year of life.
When will the unborn child be called a fetus?
After 8 weeks of gestation
Define perinatal mortality
Perinatal mortality is the number of stillbirths and deaths in the 1st week of life (early neonatal death)/1000 births.
Define Nulliparous and Multiparous.
A nulliparous woman has never delivered live/potentially live babies.
A multiparous woman has delivered at least 1 live or potentially live (>24weeks) babies.
What is polyhydramnios? What is the opposite of polyhydramnios?
Polyhydramnios is a medical condition describing excess amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac.
Oligohydramnios is the opposite and it refers to a deficiency in amniotic fluid.
Define amniorrhexis.
Amniorrhexis is rupture of the amniotic sac membrane during pregnancy. It is colloquially known as “ water breaking”.
What is PROM?
Premature Rupture of Membrane
