Obstetrics Flashcards
Parity
of pregnancies that led to a birth beyond 20 weeks’ gestational age or an infant weighing > 500 g
Gravidity
of times a woman has been pregnant
Developmental age
of weeks and days since fertilization
Gestational age
of weeks and days measured from the 1st day of the LMP
Determinants of gestational age
- Fundal height
- Fetal heart tones (Doppler)
- Quickening
- Ultrasound
Fundal height measurement
Umbilicus - 20 weeks + 2-3 cm/weeks thereafter
Fetal heart tones (Doppler)
Typically 10 - 12 weeks
Quickening - appreciation of fetal movement
Usually heard 17 - 18 weeks
Ultrasound
- Measures fetal crown-rup length: 6 - 12 weeks
2. Measures biparietal diameter, femure length, and abdominal circumference: 13 weeks
Most reliable measurement of GA
Ultrasound
Quantitative B-hCG
- Diagnose and follow ectopic pregnancy
- Monitor trophoblastic disease
- Screen for fetal aneuploidy
B-hCG
- standard for diagnosing pregnancy
- produced by placenta
Rate of B-hCG production
- reaches peak, 100,000mIU/ml by 10 weeks’ GA
- decreases throughout 2nd trimester and levels off by 3rd trimester
Ultrasound
- used to confirm intrauterine prenancy
- gestational sac visible by 5 weeks GA
- B-hCG in range of 1000 - 1500 IU/ml
Renal changes during pregnancy
- Renal flow increases 25-50%
- GFR increases early then plateaus
Weight changes during normal pregnancy
- uterine weight increases from ~ 60 - 70 g to ~ 900 g - 1200g
Weight gain recommendations during pregnancy
- 1.0 - 1.5kg/mo
Weight gain guidelines by BMI
- undeweight: 12 - 18 kg
- acceptable: 11- 16 kg
- overweight: 7 - 11kg
- severely overweight: 7kg
Folic acid supplementation
decreases neural tube defects for ALL reproductive age woman
- 0.4mg/day
- 4 mg/day for women w/ hx of neural tube defets in prior pregnancies
CV changes during normal pregnancy
- HR gradually increases 20%
- BP gradually decreases by 10% by 34 wks, then increases to prepregnancy values
SV increases to maximum at 19 weeks then plateaus
CO rises rapidly by 20% then increases to addl 10% by 28 wk
Pulm changes during pregnancy
- RR remains unchanged
- TV increases by 30 - 40%
- Expiratory reserve gradually decreases
- Vital capacity unchanged
- Resp minute volume increases by 40%
Blood changes during normal pregnancy
- Blood volume increases by 50% in 2nd trimester
- Hct decreases slightly
- Fibrinogen increases
- Electrolytes remains unchanged
GI changes during normal pregnancy
- sphincter tone decreases
- gastric emptying time increases
Immunoglobulins that cross placenta
IgG
Organisms that can cross placenta (9)
- Toxoplasmosis
- Rubella
- HIV
- Parvovirus
- CMV
- Enterovirus
- Treponema pallidum
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Parvovirus B19
Prenatal Visits
Wks 0 - 28: every 4 wks
Wks 29 - 35: every 2 wks
Wks 36 - birth: every wk
Heme Prenatal Dx Testing: initial visit
- CBC, Rh factor, type and screen
Infectious Dz prenatal testing: initial visit
- UA and cx
- Rubella Ab titer
- HBsg
- RPR/VRDL
- Cervical gonorrhea and chlamydia
- PPD
- HIV
- Pap smear (to check for dysplasia)
- Consider HCV and varicella based on hx
Genetic testing during initial visist
- HbA1c
- Sickle cell screening
- Tay-Sachs disease
- Cystic fibrosis
Prenatal Dx Testing: 9-14 wks
- PAPP-A + nuchal transparency
- free B-hCG +/- chorionic villus sampling
Prenatal Dx Testing: 15 - 22 wks
- Maternal serum alpha fetoprotein (MSAFP) or
- Quad screen
+/- amniocentesis
Prenatal Dx Testing: 18-20 wks
Ultrasound for full anatomic screen
Prenatal Dx Testing: 24- 28 wks
1 hr glucose challenge test for gestational diabetes screen