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Pregancy, Labor, and Delivery: Young Flashcards

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What are the 2 things to do in medicine?

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  1. maintain your composure

2. ease the babies head out

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What not to do?

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NEVER FORCE BABY OUT… easy it along

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When is a fetus viable?

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~24 weeks

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When is preterm defined as?

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viable 24 wks to 37 weeks

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What is early term?

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37-38

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What is term?

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39-40

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What is late term?

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41

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What is post term?

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What is total term pregnancy?

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40 weeks from date of last menstrual period

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What is the goal of the first visit of a pregnant mother?

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identify problems or potential problems

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What do you assess in initial visit?

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Risks
Discuss chromosome assessment: age based
Monitor: 
   wt gain
   bp
   Rh
   diabetes
   anemia
   stds
   Group B strep
   plan for delivery
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What is the medical definition of abortion?

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Pregnancy doesn’t make it 20 weeks=aborted

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What are the risks of chromosome abnormality at 18? 45?

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18: 1/1500
45: 1/50

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What is defined as advanced maternal age?

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age 35… really more like 37, 38

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What is the risk of fetal loss in amniocentesis?

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1/250

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What % of US population has group B strep?

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20%… pretty much from diet and life

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What does GBS screening decrease the risk of fetal loss by?

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2 orders of magnitude

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What nutrition is necessary?

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Wight gain
Obesity is a form of malnutrition
Essential amino acids: eat meat/soy

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What are the BP things we look at?

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Pre-exisiting
Hypertension of pregnancy:
gestational hypertension
pre-ecclampsia

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EXAM/TEST: What HTN drug is ABSOLUTELY CONTRAINDICATED IN pregnancy?

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ACE inhibitors: take them off of it even if they are thinking or at the age to possibly get pregnant

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EXAM: When is organogenesis complete?

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12 weeks… so first trimester ACEinh. will do damge

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What is gestational hypertension?

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Benign hypertension

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What is pre ecclampsia?

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HTN

Proteinuria (edema): 500 mg protein per day

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What is the natural history of pre ecclampsia?

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Death

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What is strange about pre ecclampsia?
Only seen in humans, no animal models
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What is eclampsia?
Convulsions
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How do you know someone is pre-ecclampsia?
Clinical judgememt
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When does pre eclampsia not show up before?
20 weeks
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TEST: what is THE major complication of pregnancy?
Pre eclampsia
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What is Rh factor?
Rhesus monkey D antigen Prior pregnancy event Mom Rh neg., baby positive, possibly sensitize mom develops antigens and rejects next pregnancy
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Is Rh A or B type?
No... just Rh factor on either type gets attacked in baby
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What do you do to prevent Rh attack?
RhoGam: Coat fetal red cells which contain Rh antigens using IgG so mom doesn't see antigen (72 hours)
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If mom is Rh negative, what happens?
RhoGam either way. Baby has 50/50 chance of being Rh positive.
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What is high risk for diabetes?
Prior DM in pregancy Multiple gestation AMA Obese
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What percent with gestational DM develop overt DM later in life?
40-50%
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BOARDS/not this test: hCG is elevated in pregnany. What is it similar to?
TSH Insulin So: thyroid, insulin, hCG
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When do you do a ultrasound to check organ size?
18-20 weeks
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If a patient has a cyst in the brain, or calcification of heart, how do you consul?
It will go away!
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What does ultrasound tell us?
Structure (where and how many) | Blood flow
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What does ultrasound not tell us?
if the baby is okay...
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What is the strict criteria of fetal heart rate?
110-160 bpm with accelerations with decelerations
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When someone comes into the exam, what do you do with them?
Talk with them! OB is medicine and sociology
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What are social considerations of pregnancy?
Finances Work Other Children=a job Delivery planning
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Fibroid is what?
Leiomyomyoma
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A subtotal hysterectomy?
Cervix is left behind
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What is viability?
Ability to live outside the uterus | NOT a "viable baby at 6 weeks", this is just a healthy fetus
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What is premature?
After 24 weeks... death before 20 weeks is an abortion
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Premature and Preterm are two different words. What do they mean?
Premature=baby | Preterm= timeline
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Membranes break. What does not break?
Water!
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What % of pregnancy are normal?
75% | 25% have a major complication
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What are the main complications?
``` infection preterm labor per eclampsia prior CS not vertex ```
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What are the phases of labor?
Latent phase "pre labor" <4 cm Active phase 1st 4-10 cm Pushing 2nd Delivery of placenta 3rd
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What are the dilation of first stage?
4-10 cm (1st stage0
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How do we measure contractions?
Intrauterine pressure catheter
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What are the duration of labor definitions?
Latent: no limits Active: friendman curve, actually 1-2 cm/hr 2nd stage: 3 hr. primip, or 2 hour multi 3rd stage: 1 hour
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BOARDS, not this test: What are the 7 cardinal movements of delivery?
1. engagement: head into pelvis 2. descent: chin to chest 3. flexion : chin back up 4. internal rotaion: turn 5. extension: head up 6. external rotation/restitution: back to straight 7. expulsion-delivery of anterior shoulder, delivery of posterior shoulder under symphysis
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What are the notable characteristics of the cord?
Is it intact? 3 vessels? Bleeding?
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How do you pull the cord out?
Gentle traction: do not avulse cord... put your hand in there and scoop out, antibiotics and sepsis risk. Twist the rope
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What do you do to mom after birth?
Assess for damage
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What are the definitions of perineum lacerations?
1st degree: skin only 2nd: defect in underlying, but not anal sph. 3rd: into or through anal sphincter 4th: defect of rectum
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What percent of babies are delivered CS?
30-33%
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What percent of babies in puerto rico are delivered CS?
70%
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What is VBAC?
Vaginal birth after C section: risk of ruptured uterus/bleeding/scarring
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TEST: If you have a prior CS, and placenta is low anterior, what is the risk?
Placenta accreta

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