O&G COPY Flashcards
Blood-stained watery discharge from nipples with no malignancy risk = ?
Intraductal papilloma
1st line treatment for…
- Stress Incontinence
- Urge Incontinence
- Pelvic floor training / exercises
2. Bladder retraining
Where in the fallopian tube does fertilization most often occur?
AMPULLA of fallopian tube
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)
- Fasting plasma venous glucose of greater than?
- 2-hour plasma venous glucose of greater than?
- > or equal to 5.1
2. > or equal to 8.5
Strawberry cervix / punctate haemorrhages
Trichomonas Vaginalis
Foul smelling green discharge often present. Treat with Metronidazole
Carbimazole or Carbamazepine is contraindicated whilst breast-feeding?
Carbimazole
You’d be an azole (asshole) to take carbimazole whilst brestfeeding
Definitive Down’s diagnostic test between 11 - 14 weeks (not Harmony)
Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
Note: Rhesus D-ve women must be given Anti D
Definitive Down’s diagnostic test from 15 weeks
Amniocentesis
Note: Rhesus D-ve women must be given Anti D
Combined test
- When is it offered?
- What does it consist of?
- What does it test for?
- Available from 11 - 14 weeks
- Ultrasound: nuchal translucency.
Bloods: PAPP-A + B-hCG - Tests for Downs, Edwards and Pataus
Serum triple test
- When is it offered?
- What does it consist of?
- What does it test for?
- Available from 14 - 20 weeks
- Bloods - AFP, B-hCG + oestriol
- Downs + spina bifida
(high B-hCG + low oestriol / AFP = Downs risk)
Quadruple test
- When is it offered?
- What does it consist of?
- What does it test for?
- Available from 15-22 weeks
- Triple test (AFP, hCG, oestriol) + Inhibin A
- Chromosomal abnormalities + spina bifida
A surge in which hormone stimulates ovulation?
Luteinizing hormone (LH)
Peaks 18 hours prior to ovulation
Pelvic pain in late third trimester. Pain is worse when walking and can radiate to the perineum or upper thighs
Symphysis pubis dysfunction
Antibiotic if used in pregnancy is associated with necrotizing colitis
Co-amoxiclav (augmentin)
Serum test of which hormone will aid a clinical diagnosis of menopause?
FSH
(low)
When is Anti-D offered during preganancy and to which women?
Rhesus -ve women AFTER 12 weeks
500iu at 28 and 34 weeks
(Also given whenever there may have been maternal/fetal blood mixing, i.e. trauma, amniocentesis etc)
Antibiotic used as prophylaxis when PROM occurs
Erythromycin
Which measurement is the most reliable indicator of gestational age before
14 weeks?
Crown-Rump length
Which measurement is the most reliable indicator of gestational age after
14 weeks?
Biparietal diameter (fetus becomes flexed at this point so crown-rump is no longer accurate)
Treatment of magnesium sulphate overdose
IV Calcium gluconate
Which hormone promotes proliferation of glandular and stromal elements
of the endometrium?
Oestradiol
Vaginal discharge - flagellated protozoan
Trichomonas vaginalis
Treat with metronidazole
How to treat pre-eclampsia in a woman with asthma (i.e. labetalol contraindication)
Nifedipine
Gold standard test for tubal patency (in a woman being investigated for infertility)
Laparoscopy and dye
What type of twins develop Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome?
Monozygotic monochorionic diamniotic
Occurs in up to 35% of monochorionic pregnancies
15% perinatal mortality
Most common cause of PPH
Atonic uterus
Management includes - Bladder emptying, uterine massage followed medically by
Bolus of IV ergometrine
+ oxytocin infusion
When is a B-lynch brace suture used?
Surgical management of atonic uterus following PPH
How long should folic acid be taken for post conception?
12 weeks
When is the ultrasound anomaly scan carried out?
20 weeks
How many weeks is ECV offered at?
36 for primeps
36 for multips
At what Hb level should iron supplementation be offered
11g/dl
Term for the beginning of breast development
Thelarche
Most common congenital cause of amenorrhea
Turner’s syndrome
What defines the growth of pubic hair?
Adrenarche
Given to reduce the size of fibroids before myomectomy
GnRH agonists
Precocious puberty is treated medically with…
GnRH agonists
Quantitive definition of menorrhagia
Blood loss exceeding 80mL
Where squamous epithelium has formed by metaplasia over endocervical cells
Nabothian follicles
Rokitansky protuberance
Ovarian teratoma / dermoid cyst