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Obstetric Presentations Flashcards

1
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What is an antepartum haemorrhage?

A

Bleeding from birth canal >24 weeks

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How common is an antepartum haemorrhage?

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3-5% of all pregnancies

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What would you ask about in the history of an antepartum haemorrhage?

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How much blood
What colour
Provoked? - post coital
Have waters broken?
Any pain
Foetal movements
Risk factors - smoking, drugs, domestic abuse
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What would you look for on examination in a patient with an antepartum haemorrhage?

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General appearance - pallor, cap refill
Tender abdomen?
Uterus feel tense and woody? (placental abruption)
Palpable contractions
Lie of foetus
CTG - >26 weeks
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What are some causes of an antepartum haemorrhage?

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Infections - candida, vaginosis, chlamydia
Vasa praevia
Uterine rupture
Placenta praevia
Placental abruption
Benign or malignant lesions
Domestic violence
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6
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What triad does vasa praevia present with?

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Vaginal bleeding
Membrane rupture
Foetal compromise

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7
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What is uterine rupture usually associated with?

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Hx of previous C Section or uterine surgery

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8
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Why should vaginal examination for suspected antepartum haemorrhage not be carried out in primary care?

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Women with placenta praevia may haemorrhage

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What is the immediate management in suspected antepartum haemorrhage?

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Admit to hospital for assessment and management
Resus
Mothers life take priority!
Urgent delivery of baby if foetal distress
If Rhesus -ve - Kleihauer test and prophylactic anti-D

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10
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What is Kleihauer-Betke’s test?

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Blood test to calculate amount of fetal Hb that has crossed to maternal blood stream

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What investigations should be ordered for a patient with a suspected antepartum haemorrhage?

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Depend on presentation

Can include - FBC, platelet, G&S, clotting, USS, foetal monitoring

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What should you do once you rule out placenta praevia?

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Cusco speculum examination
Digital vaginal exam
Swabs - exclude infection

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What complications are associated with an antepartum haemorrhage?

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Premature labour
DIC
AKI
Placenta accreta
Foetal hypoxia and death
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What features, if accompanying abdominal pain, require urgent midwife assessment?

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Bleeding or spotting
Regular cramping or tightening
Vaginal discharge that is unusual
Lower back pain
Pain or burning on urination
Pain is severe or doesn't go away after 30-60 mins of rest
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15
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What are the common causes of abdominal pain in pregnancy?

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Constipation
Trapped wind
Growing pain of ligaments

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16
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How is abdominal pain in pregnancy complicated?

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Visceral displacement and absence of peritoneal signs - lifting of abdominal wall

17
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What history would make you worry about an ectopic pregnancy?

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History of 6-8 weeks amenorrhoea
Lower abdominal pain +- shoulder tip pain
Later - vaginal bleeding

18
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What is the vaginal bleeding seen in an ectopic pregnancy like?

A

Less than normal period

Can be dark brown

19
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What history may indicate a threatened miscarriage?

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Painless vaginal bleeding <24 weeks

Typically at 6-9 weeks

20
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What history may indicate a missed miscarriage?

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Light vaginal bleeding/discharge

Symptoms of pregnancy which disappear

21
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What history would indicate a patient is going into labour?

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Regular tightening of the abdomen

22
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What history would make you worry about placental abruption?

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Shock out of keeping with visible loss
Constant pain
Tense, tender uterus
Fetal heart - absent/distressed
Coagulation problems
23
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What history would make you think a patient has symphysis pubis dysfunction?

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Pain over pubic symphysis
Radiate to groin and medial aspects of thighs
Waddling gait

24
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What symptoms are indicative of pre-eclampsia?

A

Epigastric pain
Severe headache - often frontal
Swelling of hands, feet and face

25
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What symptom is indicative of HELLP syndrome?

A

RUQ pain

26
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What history may suggest uterine rupture?

A

Abdominal pain and shock in labour or the third trimester

27
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How would appendicitis present in pregnancy?

A

RLQ in 1st trimester
Umbilical pain in 2nd trimester
RUQ pain - 3rd trimester

28
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When should women feel fetal movements by?

A

24 weeks

29
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When do women normally feel fetal movements by?

A

18-20 weeks

Some women feel as early as 16 weeks

30
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How often do women normally feel fetal movements and how do they progress?

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16-45 movements per hour
<75 mins between movements
Diurnal changes - peak movement afternoon/evening

Movements increase upto 32 weeks then plateau

31
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What should happen if no movements are felt by 24 weeks?

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Refer to fetal medicine for investigation of possible neuromuscular disorder

32
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What are the possible causes of reduced fetal movements?

A

Stillbirth and fetal compromise
Anterior placenta - decrease women’s perception of movement prior to 28 weeks
Sedating drugs that cross placenta - alcohol and opiates
Cigarette smoking
Corticosteroids - fetal lung development
Major fetal malformations

33
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What is the general management of reduced fetal movements?

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Assess risk factors for still birth
Auscultate fetal HR
CTG
Can do: USS, obstetrician review

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34
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What should women be advised to do if they suspect reduced fetal movements?

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Lie on left side and focus on movements for 2 hours

If <10 in 2 hours then contact midwife or maternity unit immediately

35
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What risk factors are associated with stillbirth?

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Multiple consultations for reduced fetal movements
Hypertension
Growth restriction
Diabetes
Extremes of maternal age
Primiparity
Smoking
Placental insufficiency
Congenital malformation
Obesity
Ethnicity - higher if black or asian
Poor past obstetric Hx
Genetic factors
Can't access care

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