OB Flashcards
Define embryo, fetus, and infant
Fertilization to 8 weeks
8 weeks to birth
Birth to 1 year
Naegle rule of estimating date of delivery
LMP - 3 months + 7 days
Developmental age vs gestational age
Number of days since fertilization
Days or weeks since LMP (usually DA + 2 weeks)
What screens occur in each trimester?
1- fetal heart sounds
2- quad screen, movement @20 weeks, an atomic U/S @20
3- frequent visits to check for labor
What is a term pregnancy?
37 weeks -
Interpret a GP number
G(# of pregnancies) P(full term births/pre term/abortions/living kids)
What are the first signs of pregnancy and when?
Goodell sign - 4 weeks - softening of cervix
Ladin sign - 6 weeks - softening of midline of uterus
Chadwick sign - 7 weeks - vagina/cervix turn blue
Telangectasias/palmar erythema - 1st trimester
Chloasma - 16 weeks - mask of pregnancy
Linea Nigra - 2nd trimester - hyper pigmented line on abdomen
When does the bhcg peak?
10 weeks (can visualize gestation at 5 weeks)
What are cardiology changes of pregnancy?
Increased cardiac output (increases HR)
Slightly lower blood pressure (trough 26 weeks)
What are renal changes of pregnancy
Increase in size of kidney and ureters
Increase in GFR
What are the hematologic changes of pregnancy
Anemia (plasma volume increases by 50%)
Hypercoagulable
What tests are completed in the 1st trimester
11-14 weeks: u/s to confirm gestational age, check for NT Blood tests Pap GC Down syndrome screen
What is the best way to establish gestational age
U/S
What screenings occur in the 2nd T
15-20 weeks: triple/quad screen (AFP/Bhcg/estriol + inhibin)
-AFP: dating error/NTD/abdominal wall defect
-other 3 tests: increase sensitivity of AFP
Fetal heart rate
16-20: quickening (feel for fetal movement)
18-20: U/S to look for malformation
What should you do if you have continued Braxton hicks contractions
Check the cervix (cervix should not be open)
What are 3T tests?
26: glucose load (if >140 then do oral tolerance test)
27: CBC (iron if hb
Name 2 tests for obtaining fetal karyotype and how they are done
CVS: 10-13 weeks into intrauterine cavity
Amniocentesis: 11-14 weeks transabdominally into amniotic sac
Most common site of ectopic pregnancy
Ampulla
Risk factors for ectopic
Previous ectopic»_space; PID = IUD