OB Flashcards
Parity?
of live births a woman has had
Gravidity?
of times a woman has been pregnant, including current pregnancy
EDD
Estimated date of delivery
EDC?
Estimated date of confinement
Another term for delivery date
Miscarriage?
First trimester pregnancy loss, considered an abortion
When is a threatened abortion suspected?
First trimester bleeding
What’s a spontaneous abortion? When does it usually occur?
Pregnancy loss caused by natural or unanticipated events
Around 8 weeks gestation
What’s recurrent spontaneous absorption?
2 consecutive spontaneous abortions or 3 total
Aka habitual abortion
What’s gestational age based off of? What’s another name for it?
Date of last menstrual period (LMP), sonogram dating methods are based on this
Aka menstrual age (MA)
What does GA equal?
Embryologic (conceptual) age + 2 weeks
What’s Embryologic age? What’s another name for it?
Based of time of conception (embryology references use this age)
Aka conceptual age
How do you get gestational age from embryological age?
Add 2 weeks to embryological age
Which age do we use in clinical practice?
Gestational age
What does serum pregnancy test?
Beta subunits of hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin)
Urine pregnancy tests are qualitative -detect the presence of hCG
What produces hCG?
Trophoblast if cells that make up the placenta and burrow into the endometrium
What are the 2 quantitative lab tests to detect the amount of b-hCG in maternal blood?
How are they related?
- Second international standard (2nd IS): 1/2 the value of IRP
- International reference preparation (IRP): twice the value of 2nd IS
What does the discriminary zone of the 2nd IS and IRPean?
Threshold amount oh hCG at which there should be sonographic evidence
What’s the discriminatory zone for 2nd IS?
500-1200 miu/ml for endovaginal imagining
What’s the discriminatory zone for IRP?
1000-2000 miu/ml for endovaginal imaging
How often does hCG double?
Every 48 hours for the first 6 weeks of a normal pregnancy
What happens to hCG in ectopic pregnancies?
Plateaus or rises at a subnormal level
What happens to hCG with abortions?
Falls to zero
What happens to hCG with gestational trophoblastic neoplasia?
Excessively high levels
How does an obstetrical wheel work?
Align arrow to first day of LMP, other arrows points to EDD
Can also align known gestational age to current date to determine LMP or EDD
What’s Naegele’s rule?
EDD = LMP - 3 mo + 7 days
What are some reasons for doing first trimester sonogram?
Vaginal bleeding of unknown cause, suspected ectopic, estimate gestational age for pts undergoing repeat C-section/induced labor/elective pregnancy termination
Pelvic mass, suspected uterine abnormality, significant uterine size/clinical date discrepancy
Suspected hydatidiform mole, adjunct to amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling (CVS), IUD localization, suspected multiple gestation
What happens in the gestational/menstrual age week 1-2?
What phase is it?
Proliferative phase
FSH stimulates ovarian follicular development
Estrogen produced by follicles, stimulates endometrial repair