OB Shelf Flashcards
What are the screening recommendations for chlamydia?
- All sexually active non-pregnant women aged 24 and younger, or >25 if high risk
- All pregnant women aged 24 and younger, and >25 if high risk
What are the risk factors for chlamydial infection?
- Hx of chlamydial or other STIs
- New or multiple sex partners
- Inconsistent condom use
- Exchanging sex for money or drugs
What is Goodells sign?
Softening of the cervix during pregnancy
What is Hegars sign?
Softening of the uterus during pregnancy
What is Chadwicks sign?
bluish purple hue in the cervix and vaginal walls during pregnancy
- caused by hyperemia
How do you date pregnancies?
Naegle’s Rule:
minus 3 months, plus 7 days!
so if LMP was Sept 25th, 9-3 = 6, June 25th, Add 7 days = July 2nd
Triad of interstitial cystitis??
- Urinary urgency
- Urinary frequency
- Chronic pelvic pain
In interstitial cystitis, what exacerbates the pelvic pain?
relieves it?
- Sexual intercourse
- Filling of the bladder
- Exercise
- Spicy foods
- Certain beverages
Relieved via voiding of bladder
What does cystoscopy classically demonstrate in interstitial cystitis?
submucosal petechiae or ulcerations
What is the triad of pelvic inflammatory disease?
- Pelvic pain
- Cervical motion tenderness
- fever
What is the single most useful parameter for predicting fetal weight by ultrasonogram in suspected FGR?
Abdominal circumference
What is fetal growth restriction? Describe the 2 types
2 types: symmetrical and asymmetrical
- Symmetrical: insult to fetus <28wks gestation and growth of head and body is deficient
- usually the result of genetic anomalies or TORCH infections - Asymmetric: insult to fetus after 28wks, normal head size and reduced abdominal circumference
When is FGR suspected?
when fundal height is at least 3cm less than the actual gestation age in weeks
What measurement can be used to differentiate between symmetric and asymmetric FGR?
head to abdomen circumference
When are serum progesterone measurement taken to detect ovulation?
Mid-luteal phease
What are the symptoms of severe preeclampsia?
- HTN (160/110)
- Proteinuria (>5g on 24hr urine)
- Oliguria
- Pulmonary edema
- Thrombocytopenia
- Elevated liver enzymes
What is HELLP syndrome?
Hemolysis
Elevated liver enzymes
low platelets
What causes RUQ pain in preeclampsia?
hematoma formation and formation of thrombi in the portal capillary system can cause swelling of the liver with distention of he hepatic (Glissons) capsule
Pt with eclampsia is given what to prevent further seizures?
magnesium sulfate
what screening test is performed in all pregnant women, regardless of risk factors?
RPR!
What is the difference between mild and severe eclampsia?
Mild: HTN >140/90, proteinuria >0.3g/24hr after the 20th week gestation
Severe: HTN >160/110, proteinuria >5g/24hrs, oliguria, elevated liver enzymes, thrombocytopenia, and possibly Pulmonary edema
when is transient HTN seen in pregnancy?
second half of pregnancy or during labor and delivery
What is the tx for the HTN seen in preeclampsia and eclampsia?
Methyldopa: centrally acting alpha agonist
What is the ideal range of maternal fasting glucose?
75-90mg/dL
What is the tx for gestational diabetes?
subcutaneous insulin (doesnt cross the palcenta)
What are the risks to the fetus associated with gestational diabetes?
- Macrosomia
- Hypocalcemia (from PTH suppression)
- Hypoglycemia
- Hyperviscosity due to polycythemia
- Respiratory difficulties
- Cardiomyopathy
- CHF
What is the mechanism behind the polycythemia in infants of a diabetic mother?
- fetal hypoxia due to increased BMR incuded by hyperglycemia
- this causes increased EPO production by the fetus -> increased red blood cell mass and O2 capacity of the blood
What causes early decelerations?
Fetal head compression leading to a vagal response
What causes variable decelerations?
Umbilical cord compression
What causes late decelerations?
Uteroplacental insufficiency -> fetal hypoxia -> fetal acidosis
What is ERT affect on metabolism of thyroid hormones?
- incraesed due to induction of P450
What are the symptoms of neonatal thyrotoxicosis?
- Goiter
- Tachypnea and tachycardia
- Cardiomegaly
- Restlessness
- Diarrhea
- Poor weight gain
- all within 1-2 days following delivery
What causes neonatal thyrotoxicosis?
- Moms with Graves disease- circulating levels of thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin (IgG autoantibodies) cross the placenta and cause thyrotoxicosis via stimulating the thyroid gland
- these levels can remain high even months after a thyroidectomy in a mother
What is the definition for arrest of descent during labor?
a lack of change (of descent in fetal presenting part) in 2 hours for primigravid patients or 1 hour for multigravid patients
- an extra hour for descent is allowed if an epidural is in place
What are the 5 categories of an Apgar score?
- Color
- Pulse
- Respirations
- Grimace
- Tone
What are the different degrees of perineal lacerations?
- First: involve the fourchette, perineal skin and vaginal mucosa but not the underlying gascia and muscle (skid mark)
- Second: first degree + fascia and muscle but NOT the anal sphincter
- Third: second degree + anal sphincter
- Fourth: Extend through the rectal mucosa to expose the lumen of the rectum
What are the two types of episiotomy?
- Midline: the incision is made in the midline from the posterior fourchette, most common
- Mediolateral: the incision is oblique starting from 5/7oclock position of the vagina, causes more bleeding and pain
A midline episiotomy increases the risk for what?
fourth degree laceration
what is the most common cause of postpartum hemorrhage?
uterine atony
Postpartum Hemorrhage causes what?
the 4 t’s:
- Tissue: retained placenta
- Trauma: instrumentation, lacerations, episiotomy
- Tone: uterine atony
- Thrombin: coagulation defects, DIC
How often should vaginal exams be performed during labor?
Every 4 hours in latent phase
Every 2 hours in active phase
What is the definition of arrest of labor?
lack of cervical change in active first stage for >2 hr with >200 montevideo units of uterine activity
How do you calculate a montevideo unit?
calculated by an increase in uterine pressure above baseline multiplied by contraction frequency over 10 min
What is the definition of a reactive strip?
15beats/min above baseline lasting at least 15 seconds, 2 time twithin 20 minutes
What age gestation is a fetus expected to be non reactive?
<28 weeks
What is the cause of early decelerations?
normal!!! due to head compression, usually between 4-7cm dilation
- due to vagal nerve activation
- no intervention is necessary
What causes late decelerations?
- abnormal
- due to uteroplacental insufficiency (blood without enough oxygen) during contractions
- can follow epidural or uterine hyperstimulation
What position optimizes Cardiac output and uterine blood flow?
left lateral recumbent position
How do you manage a pt with decelerations?
STOP Sterile vaginal exam Turn the pt to her left Oxygen Pitocin OFF!!!
When should you consider immediate delivery in a patient with late decelerations?
if repetitive and there are no other reassuring findings present
What is the cause of variable decelerations?
- abnormal
- due to cord compression (oligohydramnios or a nuchal cord)
what are the classifications of variable decelerations?
- Mild = lasts 70-80beats/min
- Moderate=lasts 30-60 sec and depth 60sec and depth = 70-80 bpm
- Severe = lasts >60sec and depth <70bpm
How does one manage variable decels?
- Amnioinfusion: infuse normal saline, mostly severe variable decels
- change maternal position to side/ trendelenburg position
- plan delivery of fetus soon if worsening or non reassuring
What are 4 causes of prolonged decelerations?
- Cervical examinations
- Uterine hyperactivity
- Maternal hypotension leading to transient fetal hypoxia
- umbilical cord compression
How are prolonged decelerations treatment?
- Stop oxytocin and prostaglandins
- Change maternal position
- Administer IV fluids and vasopressors if mom is hypotensive
- Administer maternal O2
- Sterile vaginal exam to exclude cord prolapse, sudden cervical dilation, or fetal descent
What are the causes of fetal tachycardia?
- Fetal hypoxia
- Intrauterine infection
- Maternal fever
- Drugs
What is the definition of fetal tachycardia?
Baseline HR >160bpm for >10minutes
What is used as the intital screening test for GDM?
1 hour 50g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)
if >140mg/dL, perform a three hour 100g OGTT
How is gestational diabetes diagnosed?
- if two or more of the serum glucose values obtained during the 3hr OGTT are elevated above:
1. Fasting glucose >95mg/dL
2. One hour glucose >180
3. Two hour glucose >155
4. Three hour glucose >140
- intense abdominal pain assoc with vaginal bleeding
- hypovolemic vital signs
- retraction of presenting parts on pelvic exam
- palpability of fetal extremities
Uterine rupture (can be due to trauma like car accident)
In what instances do you see an increased AFP level?
- Neural tube defect
- Abdominal wall defect (gastroschisis, omphacele)
- Multiple gestation
- Inaccurate getsational age** most common
With neural tube defects, what two levels will be increased on amniocentesis?
- AFP
2. Acetylcholinesterase`
Tx of bacterial vaginosis?
Metronidazole
Primigravid pt at 6wks gestation has syphillis, but penicillin allergy, how do you treat?
Penicillin desensitization!
When can steroids be used to accelerate fetal lung maturity?
between 24-34 weeks!
what is a normal amniotic fluid index?
> 5 and <25
What are the management steps of septic abortion?
- Cervical and blood cultures
- Antibiotics
- Gentle suction curettage
when can chorionic villus sampling be performed?
10-12weeks of gestation
when can amniocentesis be performed?
16-18 weeks gestation
What are some complications of pyelonephritis in pregnancy?
- Septicemia
- Preterm labor
- low birth weight babies
Tx of pyelonephritis in pregnant women?
- Amoxicillin
- Ampicillin
- Nitrofurantoin
- Cephalexin
What causes chorioamnionitis?
- PROM
- Intrauterine instrumentation
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Prolonged labor
How do you distinguish between central precocious puberty and peripheral?
Central have pubertal levels of basal LH that increase with GnRH stimulation
- Peripheral have low LH levels with no response to GnRH
What is central precocious puberty?
- idiopathic premature activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary gonadal axis
- have pubertal levels of basal LH that increase with GnRH stimulation
What is the workup that all pts with central precocious puberty should have??
should have brain imaging to rule out any underlying CNS lesion!!
Tx of central precocious puberty?
GnRH agonist therapy in order to prevent premature epiphyseal plate fusion
What organism most likely causes a yellow mucupurulent discharge seen at the cervical os?
Chlamydia trachomatis
- mucupurulent cervicitis (50% are asymptomatic)
What are the serious side effects of OCPs?
- breast cancer
- cervical cancer
- MI, stroke, venous thromboembolism
- HTN
- Diabetes
- Elevation of triglyceride levels
- cholestasis
OCPs are protective against what?
- ovarian cysts and cancer
- endometrial cancer
- benign breast disease
- dysmenorrhea (anemia)
Which antipsychotic can cause amenorrhea, galactorrhea etc.?
Risperidone: DA antagonist, increases prolactin levels
Why do women with rheumatic heart disease become more symptomatic in pregnancy?
- they have mitral stenosis and because of the physiologically increased total blood volume
- causes pulmonary edema and atrial fibrillation due to left atrial overload and enlargement
What is a pregnancy luteoma?
bilateral multinodular solid masses on both ovaries
- onset during pregnancy
- most commonly seen in AA multiparous women in their 30s or 40s
- can cause hirsutism and virilization
tx of pregnancy luteoma?
reassurance and follow up with ultrasonogram
What are the causes of symmetric intrauterine growth restriction?
Fetal Factors:
- Chromosomal abnormalities
- Congenital anomalies
- Congenital infections (TORCH)
What are the causes of asymmetric intrauterine growth restriction?
Maternal factors:
- Maternal hypertension
- Preeclampsia
- Uterine anomalies
- Maternal antiphospholipid syndrome
- Collagen vascular disease
- Maternal cigarette smoking
What are the risk factors for endometritis?
- Prolonged ROM (>24hrs)
- Prolonged labor (>12 hours)
- Cesarean section
- Use of intrauterine pressure catheters or fetal scalp elecrodes
What is the most likely organism responsible for postpartum endometritis?
Polymicrobial infection
What is the most common cause of puerperal fever o the 2nd and 3rd day postpartum?
endometritis!!
What is the treatment for endometritis?
Clindamycin and gentamycin
Why are initial menstrual cycles in pubertal females irregular and often anovulatory?
- insufficient gonadotropin secretion due to immaturity of the developing hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis
What is the definitive treatment of HELLP syndrome?
delivery in women beyond 34 weeks gestation
What is Kallmann’s syndrome?
- congenital absence of GnRH secretion
- associated with anosmia
- normal XX genotype and normal internal female organs
- absent secondary sex characteristics and amenorrhea
- low FSH and LH
What is the possible complication of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy?
Stillbirth
what is the treatment of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy?
- Antipruritics
- Ursodeoxycholic acid
What is the optimal time to screen for glucose tolerance?
26(24)-28 weeks
What causes insulin resistance in pregnancy?
Human placental lactogen causes gestational diabetes because it causes insulin resistance as it increases in pregnancy
What is the normal pregnancy metabolic state?
- Hyperlipemic
- Glycosuric
- Anabolic
What happens immunologically during T3? aka what increases and decreases
Increases:
- Granulocytes
- CD8 t lymphocytes
Decreases:
- CD4 t lymphocytes
- Monocytes
What increases/decreases to make pregnancy a hypercoagulable state?
Increases:
- Concentrations of all clotting factors, except XI and XIII
- Fibrinogen
- Resistance to activated protein C
Decreases:
1. Protein S
What is the normal acid base status in pregnancy?
respiratory alkalosis (due to blowing off more CO2), compensated (decrease in Bicarb)
What happens to kidney futction during pregnancy?
Increase in GFR, Cr clearance, and renal plasma flow (leads to decreased effectiveness of meds)
- Decrease in serum creatinine and BUN
What happens to renal tubules in pregnancy?
- decreased resorptive capacity of Amino Acids, uric acid and glucose
- Na is retained at higher levels
What are the effects of progesterone on GI tract?
- Decreased lower esophageal sphincter tone leading to heartburn
- Decreased bowel peristalsis causing constipation
What happens to systemic vascular resistance during pregnancy?
decreases! but maternal systemic vascular resistance is greater than pulmonary
When a pt is found to have a molar pregnancy on ultrasound, what is the next step in management?
Chest x-ray: lungs are the most common site of metastatic disease
What is peripartum cardiomyopathy?
- an idiopathic cardiomyopathy that presents with heart failure secondary to left ventricular systolic functions towards the end of pregnancy or in the several months following delivery
- sx: fatigue, shortness of breath, palpitations and edema
What effect does minute ventilation have on the mother’s metabolic state?
compensated resp alkalosis
what is one side effect of terbutaline or other beta agonists?
- increased susceptibility to pulmonary edema (esp with the use of isotonic fluids)
- plamsa osmolality is decreased during pregnancy during pregnancy, this increases the susceptability to pulmonary edema
which women are more likely to develop pulmonary edema?
those with chorioamnionitis! (but not main cause- unless pt is in septic shock)
What is the risk of fetal loss associated with CVS?
1%
What is the most common genetic disease among individuals of Eastern European Jewish descent?
Tay sachs! 1/30
Valproic acid causes what in the fetus?
- Neural tube defects
- Hydrocephalus
- Craniofacial malformations
What are the three components of the triple screen? and what else is added in the Quad screen?
Tri:
- AFP
- Beta-hCG
- Unconjugated estriol
Quad:
+ Inhibin A
What is the most common issue found in the fetus of women with poorly controlled diabetes immediately prior to conception?
Structural anomalies:
- CNS: neural tube defects
- Cardiovascular system
What blood tests should be performed on pregnant african american women?
Hemoglobin electrophoresis and CBC
What are the risks of gestational diabetes versus pre-existing diabetes?
Gestational:
- Shoulder dystocia
- Metabolic disturbances
- Preeclampsia
- Polyhydramnios
- Fetal macrosomia
Pre-existing:
- intra-uterine growth restriction
What are the risk factors for gestational diabetes?
- Previous large baby (greater than 9lb)
- Hx of abnormal glucose tolerance
- Pre-pregnancy weight of 110% or more of ideal body weight
- Ethnicity (american indian or hispanic descent)
What test is most effective in screening for Down Syndrome in the second trimester?
quad screen:
- Maternal serum AFP
- Unconjugated estriol
- HCG
- Inhibin A
How much folic acid would you give a women with a previous pregnancy complicated by a fetal neural tube defect?
4mg daily before conception and through the first trimester
What is the folic acid dose recommended for non-high risk patients?
0.4mg/day
Pts should report to the hospital for suspected labor if any of the following occur:
- Contractions every five minutes for one hour
- Rupture of membranes
- Fetal mvmnt less than 10 per 2 hours
- Vaginal bleeding
what are the most common cause of variable decelerations?
cord compression
What are the criteria to consider for medical treatment (versus surgical) on ectopic pregnancy?
tx w methotrexate:
- Hemodynamic stability
- Non ruptured ectopic pregnancy
- Size of ectopic mass <3.5cm in the presence of a fetal heart rate
- Normal liver enzymes and renal function
- Normal white cell count
- Ability of pt to f/u rapidly if condition changes (reliable transportation)
What is the appropriate time interval for repeating the initial level of B-HcG?
48 hours
B- HCG Levels should be increasing by approx 50% every 48 hours for how many days?
first 42 days of gestation
What are the signs of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy?
- Hypovolemia (tachycardia, hypotension)
- Peritoneal sings (rebound, guarding and severe abdominal tenderness)
- Positive pregnancy test
What is the management of ruptured ectopic pregnancy?
laparoscopy
What systemic diseases are associated with early pregnancy loss?
- Diabetes
- Chronic renal disease
- Lupus
what is the most common abnormal karyotype encountered in spontaneous abortions?
Autosomal trisomy
What is the definition of a threatened abortion?
vaginal bleeding before 20weeks without the passage of any products
What is a missed abortion?
- experienced fetal demise without cervical dilatation or passage of products of conception
What is the definition of a recurrent abortion?
refers to three successive spontaneous abortions
What is the etiologic factor that accounts for the majority of first trimester spontaneous abortions?
Conceptus genetic anomalies
What are a patient’s risks associated with a prior surgical abortion in the first trimester?
Does not predispose the patient subsequent spontaneous abortions
= no risk
What level is used as a negative predictor of preterm delivery?
Fetal fibronectin
In a pregnant patient, what is the next treatment of asthma after beta agonists and when do you decide to make the switch?
- switch to inhaled corticosteroids
- switch when pt is using beta agonists more than twice a weeks
When should you screen a pregnant women with high risk for gestational diabetes?
- pt has severe obesity and strong family history
- screening should be done as soon as feasible
What is the most common cause of sepsis in pregnancy?
acute pyelonephritis
what conditions put mom at highest risk for mortality during pregnancy??
- Pulmonary hypertension (25-50% death)
- Cardiac disease
Why are ACE inhibitors contraindicated in pregnancy?
- Oligohydramnios
- Fetal growth retardation
- Neonatal renal failure
- Pulmonary hypoplasia
- Joint contractures
- Death
Mom is HIV positive and presents at 36wks, how do you proceed?
treatment with IV zidovudine at the time of delivery
How do you treat a severe SLE flair up in pregnancy?
Severe = corticosteroids
What SSRI cannot be used in pregnancy and why?
Paroxetine (Paxil)
- increased risk of fetal cardiac malformations and persistent pulmonary hypertension
What are risk factors for preeclampsia?
- Previous history of preeclampsia
- Chronic HTN
- Age
- Multifetal pregnancy