Obstetrics Flashcards
7w pregnant G1P0 with severe nausea and vomiting. Dry as. Uterus @ 2cm above the pubic symphysis. Which investigation would most likely affect your management of her N&V?
Pelvic USS
bHCG
Urine & serum osmolarity
Pelvic USS
uterus large, ~14 weeks, USS confirms twin/molar… antiemetic drugs
- Abortion at 7 weeks, small amount of tissue taken (?decidua) but then a week later she presents with a ghost baby and is still pregnant. What investigation?
TVUS
Abdominal US
bHCG
TVUS - better to visualise the uterus
- PPH post delivery 15min, (forceps delivery). Cause?
Uterine hypotonia
Cervical tear
Perineal haematoma
Most common cause of PPH is tone
Trauma ?forceps
- Tetanus in pregnancy: chica wrecked herself on dirty metal gardening tool, third trimester of pregnancy, hasn’t had tetanus booster since age 26 (now 33). Presents and wants vaccine:
No vaccination
Wait till after birth, then just tetanus
Just tetanus now
Tdap/Boostrix now
Tdap/Boostrix at age 36
Tdap/Boostrix now +4 (gets pertussis too - bonus!)
We give this anyway in 3rd trimester for pertussis benefit
- 2 Twins at 24 weeks, 1 with polyhydramnios and the other with oligohydramnios?
TTTS
- PID in pregnancy (third trimester) caused by chlamydia - tx (no triple therapy option)
Azithromycin +6
Ceftriaxone +2 this is for gonorrhea more isn’t it? - I put cef as it is IV (figured she needs IV abx for PID) and thought it covers chlamydia but in hindsight I don’t think it does :(
Metronidazole +1 (NZF agrees with me. Dosing option for PID but azithromycin no dosing regime for PID)
Amoxicillin
The actual answer is:
Azithromycin 1 g orally, and repeat dose 1 week later
PLUS
Metronidazole 400 mg orally, twice daily for 14 days
So think best answer is azithromycin
- Woman with painless vaginal bleeding of 50ml, baby has weird position (not engaged) - oblique, diagnosis?
Placenta previa
Placenta accreta
Vasa previa
Rupture of vaginal varicosities
Bloody show
Placenta previa
- VBAC, contractions stopped, presenting part of baby no longer felt and FHR dropping. And blood on vaginal exam.
Uterine rupture
Cord prolapse
Obstructed transverse lie
Obstructed breech
Uterine rupture (scar from previous CS)
- Vaginal bleeding and cramping, LMP 4/52 ago. Raised B-HCG. Empty uterus and 20mm ovarian mass on pelvic ultrasound. Most appropriate next step?
Reassure and discharge
Pelvic ultrasound
Repeat hcg 48 hrs
Methotrexate
Tumour markers including CA-125
Repeat hcg 48 hours, should have come down - complete miscarriage?
- Reduced foetal movements at 38 wks. What to do:
- CTG
- Urgent CS
- Induce labour
CTG
16 week pregnant lady with first trimester screening 1:100 of it having down syndrome. What do you recommend?
- CVS
- Amniocentesis
- Termination
- Continue normal management
Amniocentesis, after 14 weeks we can do this it is much better than CVS (which only pro is that it can be done from 10 weeks)
Lady with RLQ pain. Regular 28-30 day cycle, last period 2 weeks ago. Had small amount of fluid in Pouch of Douglas, cyst seen in left ovary. Beta HCG negative.
- Endometriosis
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Dermoid cyst
- Haemorrhagic corpus luteum
Haemorrhagic corpus luteum
Timing, fluid, cyst seen
16 week pregnant lady, just had second trimester screening. AFP was elevated - possible neural tube defect. What do you recommend doing next?
- Morphology scan
- Offer termination of preg
- Repeat AFP
- NIPT
- Amniocentesis
- CVS
USS morphology scan for neural tube defects - >90% detection rate
- Cocaine baby, gestation was 28 weeks but on palpation it was 32 weeks, tender uterus. Reduced fetal movements. FHR 60. What is the cause of the reduced fetal movements?
- Drug effect
- Placental abruption
- Polyhydramnios
- IUGR
- Paranoid mum
This is ??placental abruption - which presents with contracted uterus + bleeding
In some cases, bleeding may occur but the blood may clot between the placenta and the wall of the uterus, so vaginal bleeding may be scanty or even non-existent. This is known as a ‘retroplacental clot’.
+ cocaine increases risk of PA
Woman in labour with ?proteinuria (didn’t she have “severe preeclampsia” with proteinuria?), needs an epidural. What test do you need to do beforehand?
- Liver tests
- Platelets
- Serum calcium
- glucose
- Uric acid
Platelets
HELLP
ELLP (Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelets) syndrome is a life-threatening pregnancy complication usually considered to be a variant of preeclampsia
- Lady who just delivered a baby in 3rd stage of labour, what you give as part of active management
- Oxytocin IM
- Oxytocin in a drip
- Ergometrine
- Prostaglandins
Oxytocin IM (in stem did not already have a drip in)
- Different lady at 32wks on the way to hosp with a breech baby (fully effaced cervix and 3cm dilated) tocolytic been given already. What is your next thing to do?
Check baby’s station via fanny exam
Nil by mouth
Bloods for group and hold
Caesarian right this minute
Check baby’s station via fanny exam
- Lady has premature rupture of membranes at ?31wks; on the way to hospital what should you give her?
Betamethasone and terbutaline (tocolytic)
erythromycin + nifedipine,
betamethasone + erythromycin , erythromycin only,
betamethasone + erythromycin
Steroid for baby, abx for PPROM
- Vegan pregnant lady at 10 weeks. Which test is important to prevent developmental abnormalities in the baby?
a) Vitamin A
b) Vitamin B12
c) Vitamin C
d) Vitamin D
e) Thiamine test
b) Vitamin B12
- Small 2.2kg for gestational age is born at term. What is the baby at greatest risk of?
a) Hyperbilirubinaemia
b) Neonatal sepsis
c) Respiratory distress syndrome
d) Hypoglycaemia
d) Hypoglycaemia
- Pregnant lady ?9wks. What screening do you offer ?
a. First trimester combined screening
b. Amniocentesis
c. CVS
d. Second trimester combined screening
e. Screening no indicated
f. Ultrasound
a. First trimester combined screening
Primagravida contractions every ?, cervix effaced 1cm dilated, membranes intact, FHR 130. 4 hours later 3cm dilated, membranes intact, FHR 140. Management?
a) Amniotomy
b) Re-examine in 4 hours
c) Oxytocin
d) Epi-dural
b) Re-examine in 4 hours
1cm/hour but she is prim
- Baby stuck- patient has a BMI of 38. Head looking dusky. What do you do?
McRoberts maneuver
Downward traction on the head
Syntocinon infusion
Tocolytic
McRoberts maneuver
=hyperflex maternal hips (knees to chest position) and tell the patient to stop pushing. This widens the pelvic outlet by flattening the sacral promontory and increasing the lumbosacral angle. This single manoeuvre has a success rate of about 90% and is even higher when combined with ‘suprapubic pressure’,
- What combination of vaccinations are ok to use in pregnancy - it said which combination of vaccines are used/recommended
Influenza and pertussis
Varicella and influenza
Measles and pertussis
Influenza and measles/mumps/rubella
All other options had either MMR or Varicella
Influenza and pertussis
Cannot give MMR or varicella
Pregnant woman. Her 5 year old child has varicella and has a fever and lots of lesions etc. Women’s rash only appeared 24h ago. Woman gets tested and is negative for Varicella Ig. What is the most appropriate course of action?
a) Oral acyclovir
b) Zoster Ig
c) MMR + Varricella vaccine
d) Varicella vaccine
Zoster Immunoglobulin (ZIG) is a high titre immunoglobulin extracted from donors. It is used in the passive prevention of varicella infection (chickenpox) in high risk individuals.
- Secondary amenorrhea following miscarriage 6 months ago (at 9 weeks) and further D and C for retained products of conception. Not on contraception. No STIs and normal smear. What is the likely cause?
· Ashermmanns
· PCOS
· PID
· Pregnancy
RPOC
Ashermanns
occurs when scar tissue forms inside the uterus and/or the cervix.
Asymptomatic pregnant lady got UTI at 9/40. Sensitive to trimeth and nitrofurantoin
Give nitro
Give trimethoprim
Treat when she has symptoms
Don’t treat
Repeat urine sample in 1 week if remains asymptomatic
Nitro - T1
Trimeth is folate antagonist so avoid in T1.
Early pregnancy PV bleeding. Lower back and pelvic discomfort. Tender suprapubic. Closed os
Threatened miscarriage
Missed miscarriage
Inevitable miscarriage
Threatened miscarriage
Infection postpartum. non fluctuant breast swelling, febrile woman. Has tried to continue breastfeeding with no improvement thus far. What management would you do next?
Empiric
Aspirate breast milk for culture
Only breastfeed from other breast
Compress
Empiric
Almost always Staph aureus - mastitis
Continuing breast feed = presents abscess formation
One of the most common infecting organisms is Staphylococcus aureus and for that reason, flucloxacillin 500 mg four times daily for seven days is recommended
Pregnant lady who had contact with rubella kid. Unsure of vaccination status.What to do to reassure her?
· Rubella IgG estimation
· Give MMR vaccine
· Assess risk of transmission
Pregnant lady who had contact with rubella kid. What to do to reassure her?
Levels > 15 IU/L of rubella IgG are consistent with immunity.
Woman presents in labour with ROM showing meconium-stained fluid, cervical opening 8cm, station +2, CTG shows borderline HR 170ish with late decels. What is the best course of management?
Emergency CS
Immediate ventouse delivery
Immediate forceps delivery
Wait and watch
Close monitoring with low threshold for intervention
Emergency CS
Woman 6 weeks post partum. Says baby cries a lot then starts to cry herself. Says she has been struggling, not eating, lost 5kg since birth, can’t sleep even when baby is asleep. Vehemently denies depression because she didn’t have it with her first baby. What is the diagnosis?
Post natal depression
Baby blues
Post partum psychosis
Adjustment disorder
Post natal depression
No signs of psychosis but >>baby blues
30 something year old lady at 12 weeks gestation. Blood pressure is high. No other Sx. What is the cause?
Pre-eclampsia
· Gestational diabetes
· Essential Hypertension
· Pregnancy related hypertension
Chronic/essential HTN if before <20/exists before!
Only gest. HTN if occurs AFTER 20 weeks