O&G Flashcards
Woman with a little bit of pink post-coital bleeding on wiping. Smear is fine, ultrasound is clear. What is the next investigation?
Hysteroscopy with biopsy
How to handle miscarriages, stillbirths, abortions and twins in gravidity parity calculations?
Stillbirths count as P
Twins as 1 G and 1 P
Abortions and miscarriages are added after P as a +
Lady who had a tear after delivering baby, a few days later has offensive discharge, no fever or other symptoms
Perineal wound breakdown/infection - lochia can be smelly but probably not offensive discharge?
Girl with dyskaryosis has colposcopy and biopsy showing CIN1 – no treatment is given. When should next colposcopy be?
12 months
HIV with undetectable viral load. what is contraindicated in labour? Forceps, ventouse, foetal blood sampling, c section
foetal blood sampling
A 47 year old woman with a 2 cm simple ovarian cyst seen on USS, as well as 12mm endometrium. What do you do next?
Pipelle biopsy (Pipelle if more than 10mm in pre, and 4mm in post menopause)
Woman had a contraceptive implant inserted but she’s getting it removed. What is the most likely reason why?
Irregular bleeding
What cancer are you at increased risk at with HRT?
Breast, endometrial
Mother had rupture of membranes at 32 weeks but is not in labour. What do you give her?
Steroids, erythromycin
Pregnant woman with Gram negative bacilli in urine microscopy, what treatment?
Nitrofurantoin unless near term, then amoxicillin or cefalexin
Pregnant woman in early pregnancy with depression and anxiety on sertraline. What do you do?
Continue sertraline
What do you do in a woman in labour after 4 hours of checking, she’s 4cm. Vaginal prostaglandin, Cervical sweep, Oxytocin, Ergometrine, ARM
ARM
Foreign woman has come in and is pregnant. What vaccine should she be offered? Hepatitis A, hepatitis B, whooping cough
Whooping cough
What’s the management for DVT risk in a pregnant woman after an elective Caesarean?
LMWH, LMHW and Ted stockings, Ted stockings, Warfarin, Aspirin, Aspirin and Ted stockings
LMWH and Ted stockings
Down’s syndrome person gets pregnant. Mum wants termination and Down’s person wants to keep it. What should you do?
Assess patient’s mental capacity without mum present
Smear question she is 47 y/o. It was borderline dyskaryosis, HPV negative, what do you do? Repeat in 6w, repeat 6m, repeat 1y, discharge to routine (2y), discharge to routine (3y)
Discharge 3y
What do you measure at booking for hepatitis b?
Surface antigen
Man with azoospermia – what is the most likely cause?
Varicocele
Woman with offensive smelly lochia day 2 post-partum, had had some high vaginal swabs? Reassure and discharge, await swab results, give broad-spectrum antibiotics, abdo USS
Broad spectrum abx
Woman wants to terminate her 8 week pregnancy because she already has 3 children - which clause of the abortion act does this fall under?
D - affects existing children (NEW ANSWER)
45F has a radical hysterectomy (Wertheim’s hysterectomy) for CIN. Last cervical smear 2 years ago. When next smear?
6 months (vaginal vault smear)
Post-LLETZ, when is her next smear?
6 months
Lambda sign on USS – DCDA twin pregnancy. When do you aim to deliver these twins?
37 weeks
Woman in stage 2 of labour, pushing for 30 minutes, head pressing against perineum, when CTG becomes pathological – what do you do next?
Forceps delivery
Woman has come for a sterilisation, has had protected sex since her last menstruation one week ago, just post-ovulation – Immediate tx? Insert IUD, Cancel surgery, Continue with surgery
Cancel surgery
Bloating, raised CA125, next step? (not 2ww)
Pelvic USS
Woman gets headache 24hrs after delivery?
Post-dural puncture headache
Woman who has just given birth to 2 day old baby. Her 2 year old son gets chicken pox, women has antibodies. Goes to GP, what should be done?
Give IVIG to baby
Test for predicting preterm labour
Cervical length or foetal fibronectin
What signifies onset of active/ established labour?
4 cm cervix dilation
Woman has cervical cancer, is a smoker, hasn’t had a smear for 8 years – what is the most likely contributing factor?
HPV infection
Girl with cystic ovaries on USS. What other symptom would be the best indicator of her having polycystic ovaries?
Dysmenorrhoea, Hirsutism, Obesity, Acne
Hirsutism
What is a 21 week USS useful for?
Nuchal thickness for Down’s, congenital heart disease identification, predicting position of placenta at term
congenital heart disease
What causes increased urinary volume and frequency in the first trimester?
Increased GFR, pressure of uterus on bladder, glycosuria
increased GFR
70 year old lady has some spotting and says she uses some steroid cream for a “rash down there
Vulval cancer
Lady is on Tamoxifen, which cancer does this increase the risk of
Endometrial cancer (tamoxifen is a breast cancer drug)
STI: green discharge
Trichomonas vaginalis
Small painful lump inside vagina of sexually active woman
Malignancy
29 y/o woman visits GP with heavy sensation in her vagina when exercising. She is aware of a bulge in her vagina, sometimes associated with a desire to urinate. She had a vaginal delivery 2 years ago. O/E there is some laxity of the anterior vaginal wall but this does not descend to the introitus on straining. Urine culture is negative. What is the most appropriate management plan?
a. Oxybutynin hydrochloride
b. Pelvic floor exercises
c. Refer for urodynamic testing
d. Refer to urogynaecology clinic
e. USS of pelvis
Pelvic floor exercise