Other Pregnancy Things

Question 1

How many weeks post delivery does a patient remain at risk of thrombosis

Answer 1

• 12 weeks

Question 2

Notes on warfarin in pregnancy

Answer 2

• Crosses the placenta

**Warfarin embryopathy
**Between 6 - 9 weeks gestation
Midface hypoplasia, stippled condral calcification, scoliosis, short proximal limbs, short phalanges

**Warfarin in 2nd and early 3rd trimester
** Foetal intracranial haemorrhage, schizencephaly (grey matter malformation of the brain)

Question 3

Notes on tetracyclines in pregnancy

Answer 3

• Risk greatest at 12-40 weeks
• Cross placenta and accumulate in developing teeth and long tubular bones - dysplasia and discolouration of developing teeth

Question 4

Management of chickenpox exposure in pregnancy

Answer 4

• If within 10 days VZIG - check serology first

Question 5

Notes on methotrexate in pregnancy

Answer 5

• -> skeletal abnormalities and cleft palate, hydrocephalus, anencephaly, abnormal facial features
• Should be discontinued one to three months prior to ceonception