Practice Qs Flashcards
In women, the TSH screening test should be preformed at what interval starting at what age?
Every 5 yrs after age 50
A cholesterol/lipid profile should be performed at what interval in women w/o risk factors?
Every 5 yrs after age 45
In sexually active women age 25 or younger, how often should they be screened for chlamydia?
annually
The pt. should be given what is “due” most closely matches what principle?
justice
Respect for the pts right to make choices based on her beliefs and values
Autonomy
The duty to promote the well-being of the pt.
Beneficence
The concept of informed consent best relates to the principle of?
Autonomy
Paternalism violates the ethical principle of?
Autonomy
This type of speculum works well for most nulliparous women and for postmenopausal women w narrowed vaginas
Pederson
Speculum appropriate for most pre-menstrual parrous women
Graves
A fasting blood glucose test is recommended for women without risk factors starting at what age? how often thereafter?
45yrs;
every 3 yrs
Annual HTN screening in girls should begin at?
13yo
Most medical errors are assoc with what?
the use of medications
Glucose crosses placenta by?
facilitated diffusion
Amino acids cross the placenta by?
active transport
Transit time in the stomach and small bowel increases by what percent in 2nd/3rd trimesters?
15-30
During pregnancy, total body O2 consumption increases by what % of nonpregnant levels?
20
By term in a normal singleton pregnancy, maternal blood volume increases by?
35%
Iron supplementation is mainly to?
prevent iron deficiency in the mother
increased nasal stuffiness is assoc with?
mucosal hyperemia
when do changes in maternal CO begin?
first trimester
Compared to nonpreg state, the overall increase in maternal CO is about?
30-50%
During preg, maternal circulating blood volume increases how much over non-preg levels?
when does the increase reach its peak?
45%;
32 weeks
what percent of CO does the uterus receive at term?
20%