PPP Signs POP Quiz

Question 1

Presumptive signs

Answer 1

• amenorrhea
• nausea
• vomiting
• breast changes
• pigmentation changes
• urine urgency
• fatigue & drowsiness
• quickening

Question 2

Probable pregnancy

Answer 2

• stronger eveidence than presumptive
• goodell’s
• Chadwick’s-purple/blue cervix
• hegar’s –cervix softens
• McDonald’s sign-easy to flex uterus against cervix, and. Enlargement
• Braxton hicks contractions
• ballottement
• fetal outline
• abdominal striae
• pregnancy test
• radioimmunoassay

Question 3

Positive pregnancy signs

Answer 3

• fetal heartbeat
• uterine & funic soufflé
• fetal movements

Question 4

Fetal shunts

Answer 4

• Foramen ovale
  closes functionally (temporary) within 2 hours after birth
  permanently 3 months of age
• Ductus Arteriosus
  closes functionally within 15 hours
  permanently about 3 weeks
• Ductus Venosus
  Closes functionally when cord cut permanently in about 1 week
  **become ligaments after closure*