Obstetrics/Gynecology Flashcards
How do you suspect septic pelvic thrombophlebitis?
Persistent fever unresponsive to broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy and a negative infectious evaluation (blood, urine cultures, etc)→Diagnosis of exclusion
Treatment of septic pelvic thrombophlebitis
- Anticoagulation
- Broad-spectrum antibiotics
Fetal complications of preeclampsia and the mechanism
Chronic uteroplacental insufficiency→Oligohydramnios and fetal growth restriction/small for gestational age
Why estrogen agonists (tamoxifen, raloxifene, oral contraceptives) increase the risk of venous thromboembolism?
Increase protein C resistance
Treatment for candida vaginitis. How do you identify it?
- Oral or intravaginal antifungals
- Oral fluconazole (first line treatment)
- Topical azole intravaginal
- Thick cottage cheese discharge, vaginal inflammation, pseudohyphae, normal pH (3,8-4,5)
How do you identify an acute cervicitis and differentiate it from pelvic inflammatory disease at the physical exam?
- Acute cervicitis→mucopurulent discharge and a red, inflamed, friable cervix (easily bleeds on contact with a swab)
- Pelvic inflammatory disease→pain on pelvic bimanual examination. Cervical motion (chandelier sign), uterine or adnexal tenderness
Difference between Bartholin cyst and Gartner duct cyst.
- Batholin cyst→soft, mobile, nontender, cystic mass, at 4 or 8 o’clock position at the base of the labium majus (vulva)
- Duct obstruction
- Gartner duct cyst→single o multiple cysts, submucosal along the lateral (parallel) aspect of the upper anterior vagina (DON’T involve vulva)
- Incomplete regression of the Wolffian duct during fetal development
Treatment of Bartholin cyst according to the symptoms
- Asymptomatic→Observation
- Symptomatic (same as Bartholin Abscess)→incision and drainage. Word catheter placement►↓risk of recurrence
- Antibiotics→Bartholin abscess only if cellulitis (erythema, fever)
Difference between vulvar Lichen sclerosus and menopausal atrophy.
- Lichen sclerosus→perianal thickening with fissures
- Menopausal atrophy→No perianal skin involvement
Most common cause of puerperal fever. Treatment
- Postpartum Endometritis
- Clindamycin + Gentamicin
Gold standard diagnostic test for acute cervicitis
Nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT)
What do you want to rule out with the Biophysical profile test? What mean each rank of score?
- Fetal hypoxia
- 0-4→fetal hypoxia (urgent delivery), 6→equivocal (repeat in 24 hours), 8-10→rule out fetal hypoxia
What is a fetal heart rate acceleration?
> 15 beats/min above base line and >15 seconds long within a 20-minute period in a nonstress test (NST)
*can last up to 40 minutes for 20 minute fetal sleep cycle
How do you define a growth restriction fetus?
<10th percentile weight for gestational age
What is the external cephalic version? Reason to do it.
- Maneuvers to convert a breech into a vertex presentation for delivery
- Between 37 wks and onset of labor, ↓rate of cesarean deliveries
What do you have to rule out first to do external cephalic version?
Contraindications to a vaginal delivery
*Fetal well being must be documented (NST)
What is the internal podalic version?
Perform in twin delivery to convert the second twin from a transverse/oblique to a breech presentation for subsequent delivery
What is a variable deceleration?
Abrupt ↓FHR <30 seconds from onset to nadir, followed by a rapid return to baseline, ↓≥15/min below de baseline, duration ≥15 seconds but <2 min.
*Can be but not necessarily associated with contractions. Onset, depth, and duration of each deceleration may vary.
Etiologies that may suggest a variable deceleration
- Cord compression
- Oligohydramnios
- Cord prolapse (prolonged deceleration and bradycardia)
*Common after rupture of membranes
What may suggest a late deceleration?
Uteroplacental insufficiency→Fetal hypoxia
*Placental abruption, post-term pregnancies
What may suggest a early deceleration?
Head compression
*Can be normal fetal tracing
What is the difference and the implication between intermittent and recurrent variable decelerations?
- Intermittent variable decelerations→associated with <50% of contractions►well tolerated by fetus, typically not cause fetal hypoxia, close observation
- Recurrent variable decelerations→occur with >50% of contractions►↑ risk fetal acidosis (as ↑frequency and severity of decelerations), treat
Treatment for recurrent variable decelerations when cord compression is suspected
- Maternal repositioning (ex, left lateral)→first line►↓cord compression and improve blood flow to the placenta
- Amnioinfusion→second line→instillation of saline into the amniotic sac (if ↓amniotic fluid after rupture membranes)
When do you suspect fetal acidemia and what is the best next step?
- Recurrent variable decelerations + loss of fetal heart rate variability
- Cesarean
Possible adverse effects and manifestations of prolonged administration of high doses of oxytocin
- Hyponatremia→headaches, abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, lethargy and tonic-clonic seizures
- Hypotension
- Tachysystole
Which options do you think when report an enlarged uterus?
- Pregnancy (first to discard - ask for B-hcg)
- Leiomyoma (Asymmetric and nontender uterus)
- Adenomyosis (diffusely enlarged uterus, Symmetric and tender uterus)
Which disease correspond to postmenopauseal bleeding until proven otherwise? What test do you do?
- Endometrial cancer
- Endometrial biopsy
Which type of tumor do you expect to find in a postmenopausal woman with vaginal bleeding and ovarian mass? Important fact at the uterus and why does it happen?
Granulosa-theca cell tumor→Estrogen secretor→Endometrial hyperplasia
Most common cause of second stage prolonged or arrested labor
Fetal malposition→deviation from occiput anterior (occiput transverse, occiput posterior)→cause cephalopelvic disproportion
Optimal fetal position
Occiput anterior→facilitated cardinal movements of labor
Diagnosis of choriamnionitis
Maternal fever plus at least one of these:
- Fetal tachycardia >160/min for at least 10 min
- Maternal leukocytosis
- Maternal tachycardia
- Purulent amniotic fluid
Main risk factor for chorioamnionitis
Premature or Prolonged (>18 hours) rupture of the membranes
Treatment of Chorioamnionitis
- Antibiotics: Ampicilin + Gentamycin for vaginal delivery, add Clindamycin for C-section
- Expedited Delivery: labor augmentation; cesarean delivery is reserved for standard obstetric indications
Which medication is contraindicated in chorioamnionitis?
Tocolytics regardless gestational age
Common renal abnormalities in Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, why?
Unilateral renal agenesis, pelvic kidneys, duplication of the collecting system►Internal genitalia and primitive kidney have common embryologic source
*Müllerian (paramesonephric) agenesis
Structures derived from Müllerian (paramesonephric) ducts
1/3 upper vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes
Best management for recurrent late decelerations
- Intrauterine resuscitative interventions→O2, IV fluids, discontinuing uterotonics►Improve uteroplacental blood flow and fetal oxygenation
- If remote for delivery (not 10 cm dilated) and no improvement with initial management→Cesarean
What are recurrent late decelerations?
- Late decelerations→gradual ↓FHR with nadir after the peak of uterine contraction, no return baseline until contraction ends
- Recurrent→with =>50% of contractions
When do you suspect an androgen-secreting neoplasm of the ovaries or adrenal glands?
- Rapid onset hirsutism (<1 year)
- Virilization→temporal balding, excessive muscular development, enlarged clitoris
How do you evaluate the patients with suspected androgen-secreting neoplasm? Why?
- ↑Testosterone and ↓DHEAS►ovarian source, more common
- ↑Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS)→adrenal tumor, far less common
Secondary amenorrhea, negative pregnancy test, normal prolactin and TSH levels, progestin challenge test confirming low estrogen levels
Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea
Patients with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea have a great risk to develop which condition?
Decreased bone mineral density
Hyperandrogenism signs and symptoms in polycystic ovary syndrome
Male pattern hair loss, hirsutism, severe acne (nodulocystic, on the back)
*Laboratory: ⬆serum testosterone
Which diseases must be screening in PCOS patients?
Metabolic syndrome→Hypertension, DM, dyslipidemia
Gold standard test for DM screening in PCOS
Two-hour oral glucose tolerance test→more sensitive in detecting intolerance than fasting glucose and HbA1C
Indication for BRCA mutation testing
Family history ovarian cancer at any age or personal/family history of breast cancer <=50 in first degree relative
How do you distinguish typical nausea and vomiting of pregnancy from hyperemesis gravidarum?
- Ketones on urianalysis (due prolonged hypoglycemia)
- Hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis, Hypokalemia
- ↑Aminotransferases
- Change volume status→dehydration, orthostatic hypotension
Clinical manifestations of hyperemesis gravidarum
- Severe and persistent vomiting
- > 5% loss weight or 6 lb compared with pregnancy weight
- Dehydration→hypotension, dry mucous membranes, decreased skin turgor
Causes of Abnormal uterine bleeding
PALM (structural causes)-COEIN (nonstructural causes)
- Polyp
- Adenomyosis
- Leiomyoma
- Malignancy/Hyperplasia
- Coagulopathy
- Ovulatory dysfunction
- Endometrial
- Iatrogenic (anticoagulants, OCPs, IUD) or Infection/Inflammation
- Not yet classified
When do you suspect AUB secondary to ovulatory dysfunction?
Heavy bleeding menses in adolescents
Cause of ovulatory dysfunction
Immature hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis
Treatment of AUB secondary to ovulatory dysfunction
Intravenous estrogen (conjugated equine estrogen) or high-dose oral estrogen/progestin contraceptive pills
*High dose progestin in case contraindications of estrogen (history of throboembolism) - Not as effective as estrogen
What is the combined test, when you may run it?
- B-hcg, Maternal PAPP-A, nuchal translucency
- 9-13 weeks to assess for Down syndrome
What is the triple and quad screen and when do you run it?
- Maternal serum alpha fetoprotein (MSAFP), B-hcg, Estriol + Inhibin A (quad)
- 15-20 weeks to screen congenital problems
Quad screen profile in trisomy 18 vs trisomy 21
- Trisomy 18→↓MSAFP, ↓Estriol, ↓ or normal Inhibin A, ↓B-hcg
- Trisomy 21→↓MSAFP, ↓Estriol, ↑Inhibin A, ↑B-hcg
What would an increase MSAFP elevation suggest?
- Open neural tube defects (anencephaly, spina bifida)
- Abdominal wall defects (gastroschisis, omphalocele)
- Multiple gestation
- Incorrect gestational dating
- Fetal death
- Placental abnormalities (eg, placental abruption)