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Question 1

What is the first stage of labor?

Answer 1

interval btwn onset of labor and full cervical dilatation

Question 2

Define the second stage of labor:

Answer 2

interval btwn full cervical dilatation and delivery of infant

Question 3

What is the third stage of normal labor?

Answer 3

period btwn delivery of infant and delivery of placenta

Question 4

What is the difference between threatened and inevitable abortion?

Answer 4

threatened - 1st trimester bleeding with cervix closed

inevitable - bleeding with cervical dilation (POC have not yet passed)

Question 5

Define incomplete abortion:

Answer 5

passage of some but not all of the POC from the uterine cavity

Question 6

Complete abortion?

Answer 6

all POC have passed and cervix is closed; slight bleeding and cramping may cont. for several weeks

Question 7

Missed abortion?

Answer 7

pregnancy that is retained in uterus after embryonic/fetal demise; some bleeding may be present, but cervix is closed and POC are in situ

Question 8

Septic abortion?

Answer 8

embryonic/fetal demise has occurred and intrauterine infection has developed - risk of becoming systemic

Question 9

Define recurrent abortion:

Answer 9

> 3 consecutive pregnancy losses before 20 weeks gestation

Question 10

Define ectopic pregnancy:

Answer 10

pregnancy implanted outside endometrial cavity (most often in fallopian tube)