Physiology in pregnancy

Question 1

What happens to O2 demand during pregnancy?

Answer 1

20% increase

Question 2

On which side does the urinary collecting system enlarge the most during pregnancy

Answer 2

Right

Question 3

What happens to plasma volume during pregnancy?

Answer 3

Increases

Question 4

How does CRP change during pregnancy?

Answer 4

CRP - Stays same

Question 5

How much does circulating blood volume increase during 1st trimester?

Answer 5

50-70%

Question 6

What happens to vascular resistance during pregnancy?

Answer 6

Decreases (max at 20-32 weeks)

Question 7

What happens to stroke volume and cardiac output during pregnancy?

Answer 7

Both increase

Question 8

What happens to HR during pregnancy?

Answer 8

Increased

Question 9

What happens to cardiac output when lying down during pregnancy?

Answer 9

Lying results in a 25% reduction in cardiac output

Question 10

What happens to minute ventilation during pregnancy?

Answer 10

40-50% increase

Question 11

What happens to respiratory rate during pregnancy?

Answer 11

Increased

Question 12

What happens to tidal volume during pregnancy?

Answer 12

Increased

Question 13

What happens to functional residual capacity during pregnancy?

Answer 13

Decreased

Question 14

What happens to PCO2 during pregnancy?

Answer 14

Decreased

Question 15

What happens to renal plasma flow during pregnancy?

Answer 15

60-80% increase

Question 16

What happens to GFR during pregnancy?

Answer 16

Increased

Question 17

What happens to urea and creatinine levels during pregnancy?

Answer 17

Decreased

Question 18

What happens to protein excretion rate during pregnancy?

Answer 18

Increased

Question 19

What problem with urine might occur during pregnancy?

Answer 19

Microscopic haematuria

Question 20

What happens to haemaglobin during pregnancy?

Answer 20

Decreases

Question 21

What happens to platelet count during pregnancy?

Answer 21

Decreases

Question 22

How do iron requirements change during pregnancy?

Answer 22

2-3 times increase

Question 23

How do folate requirements change during pregnancy?

Answer 23

10-20 times increase

Question 24

What happens to WCC during pregnancy?

Answer 24

Increases

Question 25

What happens to the coagubility of blood during pregnancy?

Answer 25

Hypercoaguable

Question 26

How does ESR change during pregnancy?

Answer 26

Increases

Question 27

How does Albumin change during pregnancy?

Answer 27

Decreases

Question 28

How does alkaline phosphotase change during pregnancy?

Answer 28

Large increase

Question 29

How does D-dimer change during pregnancy?

Answer 29

Increases