OB - FETAL GROWTH ASSESSMENT Flashcards
WHAT IS CONSIDERED TERM?
BETWEEN 38 - 42 WEEKS
WHAT IS CONSIDERED PRETERM?
BEFORE 38 WEEKS
WHAT IS CONSIDERED POST TERM?
MORE THEN 42 WEEKS
WHAT DOES SGA & LGA STAND FOR?
SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE
&
LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE
THIS BEST DESCRIBES A DECREASED RATE OF FETAL GROWTH.
INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICITION (IUGR)
WHATS THE % OF PREGNANCIES WITH IUGR?
3-7%
IF THE FETAL WEIGHT IS AT OR BELOW ______ FOR A GIVEN GA IT IS CONSIDERED IUGR.
10%
WHAT RISKS DOES IUGR POSE FOR THE FETUS?
ANTEPARTUM DEATH, PERINATAL ASPHYXIA, NEONATAL MORBIDITY, LATER DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS.
WHAT INCREASES WITH THE SEVERITY OF IUGR?
MORTALITY
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT CAN CAUSE IUGR?
MOTHER HAVING A HX OF PREVIOUS IUGR,
SEVERE HYPERTENSION, TOBACCO USAGE, UT ANOMALIES, PLACENTAL HEMORRHAGE
WHAT ARE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR IUGR?
MATERNAL SIZE & RACE & THE GENDER OF NEONATE.
HISPANIC & ASIAN WOMEN TYPICALLY HAVE SMALLER BABIES
WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FINDINGS FOR IUGR?
- DECREASED FUNDAL HEIGHT
- DECREASED FETAL MVMT
- GRADE 3 PLACENTA PRIOR TO 36 WEEKS
- DECREASED PLACENTAL THICKNESS
THIS RESULTS FROM SEVERE CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES OR INFECTION IN THE 1ST TRIMESTER?
SYMMETRIC IUGR
WHAT CHARACTERISTICS DOES SYMMETRIC IUGR HAVE?
PROPORTIONATELY SMALL FETUS
ALL PHYSICAL PARAMETERS (BPD, HC, AC, FL) ARE EQUAL
THIS IS CAUSED BY PLACENTAL INSUFFIECIENCY IN THE LATE 2ND & 3RD TRIMESTER.
ASYMMETRIC IUGR
WHICH IS THE MORE COMMON TYPE OF IUGR?
ASYMMETRIC IUGR
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ASYMMETRICAL IUGR?
- APPROPRIATE BPD & HC AND DISPROPORTIONATELY SMALL AC (BRAIN SPARING EFFECT)
WHAT CAUSES ASYMMETRICAL IUGR?
MATERNAL DISEASE (LIKE MATERNAL DIABETES), CHRONIC HYPERTENSION, ETC OR NO HIGH RISK FACTORS.
WHAT IS NOT A RELIABLE DETECTOR OF IUGR?
BPD BECAUSE THERE CAN BE THE BRAIN SPARING EFFECT OR OLIGOYDRAMNIOS CAUSES DOLICOCEPHALY OR BRACHYCEPHALY
WHAT IS A MORE EFFECTIVE PARAMETER FOR GA IN RELATION TO IUGR?
HC IS MORE CONSISTENT
THE HC TO AC RATIO IS ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR DETECTING?
ASYMMETRIC IUGR. RATIO WILL INCREASE AS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GA AND FETUS SIZE INCREASES
IS THE HC AC USEFUL IN PREDICTING SYMMETRIC IUGR?
NO BECAUSE THEY WILL BE EQUALLY SMALL