OBGYN #2 Flashcards
What is a spontaneous abortion?
Pregnancy that ends before 20 weeks gestation
MC etiology of spontaneous abortion
Chromosomal abnormalities
Symptoms of threatened abortion
- Products of conception intact
- Cervical Os closed
Symptoms of inevitable abortion
- POC intact
- Cervical OS dilated
Symptoms of incomplete abortion
- Some POC expelled from uterus
- Cervical OS dilated
For a missed abortion, the cervical OS is _____ and POC are _____
Closed
Intact
For a medical abortion what two medications are used and is safe up to 10 weeks?
Mifepristone followed by Misoprostol 24-48 hours later
For a medical abortion, what medications are used and is safe up to 7 weeks?
Methotrexate followed by Misoprostol 3-7 days later
What methods are used for surgical abortion?
-Dilation and curettage or dilation and evacuation
How to tell, on diagnostics, if a mother is having multiple gestations
-Elevated levels of beta-hCG and maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein
Fundal Height Measurement
- 12 weeks: above pubic symphysis
- 16 weeks: midway between pubis and umbilicus
- 20 weeks: at umbilicus
- 38 weeks: 2-3 cm below xiphoid process
Gravida: ______
Para: ______
Abortus: ______
- Number of times pregnant
- Number of births
- Number of pregnancies lost for whatever reason
What is Naegele’s Rule?
1st day of LMP + 7 days - 3 months
The first trimester consists of weeks ______
1-12 of pregnancy
Tests done in 1st trimester
-Chromosomal screening test: Free beta-HCG, PAPP-A, Biochemical screening, US, chorionic villous sampling, nuchal translucency US