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Pregnancy, Childbirth, & Puerperium Flashcards

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First stage of labor

Definition

Phases

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Latent: Gradual cervical change from 0 cm to 6 cm dilation

Active: Rapid cervical change from 6 cm to 10 cm dilation

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Disorders of the active phase of labor

  1. Diagnosis
  2. Clinical features
  3. Treatment
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Neural tube detects

  1. Types
  2. Risk factors
  3. Prenatal screening
  4. Prevention
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Infants of diabetic mothers – general risks

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Respiratory distress syndrome

Preterm delivery

Fetal macrosomia

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Infant of diabetic mother – complications

  1. 1st trimester
  2. 2nd and 3rd trimester
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Placenta previa

  1. Risk factors
  2. Clinical features
  3. Diagnosis/management
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Fetal fibronectin

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Found on the choriodecidual interface

Presence in vaginal secretions at 24-34 gestation is predictive of preterm delivery

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Kleihauer-Betke test

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Determines the necessary dose of Rh(D) anti-D immunoglobulin after delivery of an Rh-positive fetus to an Rh-negative mother

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Tocolytics

  1. Drug
  2. Mechanism
  3. Indication
  4. Side effects
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Preterm labor (<37 weeks)

  1. Gestational age
  2. Management
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Eclampsia

  1. Clinical features
  2. Management
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Types of abortion (pregnancy loss at <20 weeks of pregnancy)

  1. Missed
  2. Threatened
  3. Inevitable
  4. Incomplete
  5. Complete
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Antepartum fetal surveillance

Purpose

Frequency

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Evaluates for fetal hypoxia in pregnancies with a high risk of fetal demise due to maternal or fetal factors.

Maternal factors: Hypertension, diabetes mellitus

Fetal factors: post-term pregnancy, growth-restriction

Weekly testing starting at 32 weeks

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Normal non-stress test (NST)

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>=2 heart rate accelerations that are >= 15 beats/min above baseline and >=15 seconds long within a 20 minute period

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Antepartum fetal surveillance (Description, normal result, abnormal result)

  1. Nonstress test
  2. Biophysical profile
  3. Contracction stress test
  4. Doppler sonography of the umbilical artery
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Placenta accreta

Risk factors

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Occurs when uterine villi attach directly to the myometrium instead of the decidua.

Risk factors:

Prior cesarean delivery

History of D&C

Maternal age > 35

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Placental abruption

Premature detachment of the placenta from the uterus

Vaginal bleeding

Abdominal pain

Tense and distended uterus

Fetal heart rate abnormalities

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Placenta previa

Occurs when the placenta implants over the internal cervical os

Contractions and cervical dilation typically cause antepartum hemorrhage

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Vasa previa

Fetal vessels traverse the amniotic membranes over the cervical os

Painless antepartum bleeding and fetal heart rate abnormalities just after the rupture of membranes

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Breastfeeding contraindications

  1. Maternal
  2. Infant
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Biophysical profile (Component, normal finding)

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Nuchal cord

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Associated with variable decelerations

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Intrauterine fetal demise

  1. Definition
  2. Diagnosis
  3. Management
  4. Complication
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Risk factors for intrauterine fetal demise: nulliparity, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus

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Kleihauer-Betke test

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Confirm or rule out fetomaternal hemorrhage

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Evaluation of fetal demise

  1. Fetal
  2. Maternal
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Postpartum urinary retention

  1. Risk factors
  2. Clinical features
  3. Management
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Preeclampsia

  1. Definition
  2. Severe Features
  3. Management
  4. Fetal complications
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  1. Fetal complications: Oligoydramnios and fetal growth restriction/small for gestational age infants due to chronic uteroplacental insufficiency
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Management of patients >=37 weeks gestation with breech presentation

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External cephalic version

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Internal podalic version

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Used for breech extraction of a malpresenting second twin

Breech delivery of a second twin has a lower risk of asphyxia than Cesarean and is not contraindicated

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Pubic symphysis diastasis

  1. Risk factors
  2. Presentation
  3. Management
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Femoral nerve damage

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Can occur during delivery as a result of hyperfelxion of the thigh

Numbness over anterior and medial thigh, inability to extend the leg or flex the thigh, and diminished patellar reflexes

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Risk factors for fetal macroscomia (Weight > 4 kg)

  1. Maternal
  2. Fetal
33
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Low back pain during pregnancy

  1. Etiology
  2. Risk factors
  3. Imaging
  4. Mangement
34
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Intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring

  1. Early decelerations
  2. Late decelerations
  3. Variable decelerations
35
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Chorioamnionitis

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Maternal fever

Fetal tachycardia (baseline FHR > 160 bpm)

36
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Fetal anemia

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Sinusoidal fetal heart rate tracing

37
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Recurrent variable decelerations

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Occur with >50% of contractions

Require treatment to prevent fetal acidosis

  1. Maternal repositioning (to left lateral) - 1st line
  2. Amnioinfusion - 2nd line
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Normal physiological changes during pregnancy (system, clinical finding, mechanism)

  1. Renal/urinary
  2. Heme
  3. Cardiovascular
  4. Pulmonary
39
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Syphilis in pregnancy

  1. Screening
  2. Serologic tests
  3. Treatment
  4. Pregnancy effects
  5. Fetal efects
40
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Timing of screening for Group B strep

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35-37 weeks

41
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Causes of hyperandrogenism in pregnancy

  1. Diagnosis
  2. Maternal clinical features
  3. Fetal virilization
42
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Neonatal clavicular fracture

No intervention needed

Heals rapidly without intervention

43
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Neonatal displaced clavicular fracture

  1. Risk factors
  2. Clinical features
  3. Diagnosis
  4. Treatment
44
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Treatment of preeclampsia

  1. Drug
  2. Indication
45
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Maternal cardiopulmonary adaptations to pregnancy

  1. Maternal adaptations
  2. Clinical manifestations
46
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Ectopic pregnancy locations

47
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Managment of a hemodynamically unstable patient with hemoperitoneum (bloiod in pelvis)

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Emergency surgical exploration

48
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Gestational diabetes mellitus

  1. Target blood glucose levels
  2. Treatment
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Brachial plexus injuries

50
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Management of shoulder dystocia (BE CALM)

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Chorioamnionitis (intraamniotic infection)

  1. Risk factors
  2. Diagnosis
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Late-term and postterm pregnancy complications

  1. Fetal
  2. Maternal
53
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Uterine rupture

Presents with severe pain, antepartum bleeding, and loss of fetal status.

Uterine rupture rarely occurs in patients who have no had uterine surgery.

54
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Uterine inversion

  1. Etiology
  2. Presentation

3. Management

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If the placenta is still attached to the uterus, it should not be removed until after the uterus is replaced due to risk of massive hemorrhage.

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Routine prenatal laboratory tests

  1. Initial prenatal visit
  2. 24-28 weeks
  3. 35-37 weeks
56
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Montevedo units

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Measure adequacy of contractions

of uterine contactions in 10 min x contraction strength

Adequate labor: 200 Montevideo units

57
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Treatment of pyelonephritis in pregnancy

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Ceftriaxone

58
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Treatment of acute cervicitis

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Ceftriaxone + azithromycin

(Covers gonorrhea and chlamydia)

59
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Treatment of lactational mastitis

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Dicloxacillin

Narrow spectrum penicillin that coers the two most frequent pathogens: MSSA and Group A Strep

60
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Treatment of breast abscesses

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Vancomycin

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Postpartum endometritis

  1. Risk factors
  2. Clinical features
  3. Etiology

4. Treatment

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Fetal position

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Relatinship of the fetal presenting part to the maternal pelvis

Optimal feal position: occiput anterior (facilitates the cardinal movements of labor)

Deviations: Occiput transverse, occiput posterior

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Fetal presentation

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Lowest part of the fetus in the maternal pelvis

Most common: Vertex

Nonvertex presentations: breech, face

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Fetal station

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Measures the descent of the presenting part through the pelvis

65
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Second stage arrest of labor

  1. Definition
  2. Risk factors
  3. Etiology
  4. Management
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Second stage begins when the cervix is 10 cm dilated and ends with delivery

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Fetal growth restriction (Symmetric versus Asymmetric)

  1. Definition
  2. Onset
  3. Etiology
  4. Clinical features
  5. Managment
67
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Vaccines during pregnancy

  1. Recommended
  2. Indicated for high-risk patients
  3. Contraindicated
68
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Management of pregnant patients exposed to varicella

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If a patient lacks evidence of immunity (negative IgG serologic testing, no history of childhood infection), she is treated with postexposure prophylaxis.

Varicella-zoster immunoglobulin administration.

Varicella vaccine is contraindicated in pregnancy.

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Magnesium toxicity

  1. Clinical features
  2. Treatment
  3. Common risk factor
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  1. Common risk factor: Renal insufficiency, because magnesium is excreted solely by the kidneys
70
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Preventing neonatal group B Streptococcus infection

  1. Universal screening
  2. Indications
  3. Prophylaxis
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Preterm birth prevention

72
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Risks associated with being Small for Gestational Age (SGA)

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Hypoxia

Polycythemia

Hypoglycemia

Hypothermia

Hypocalcemia

73
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Hydatidiform mole

Anechoic, cystic spaces (“snowstorm” on ultrasound)

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Hydatidiform mole

  1. Clinical presentation
  2. Risk factors
  3. Diagnosis
  4. Management
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Preeclampsia with severe features at <20 weeks gestation

75
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Ectopic pregnancy

  1. RIsk factors
  2. Clinical features
  3. Diagnosis
  4. Management
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Indications for prophylactic anti-D immune globulin administration for Rh(D)-negative patients

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Anti-D immune globulin (RhoGAM) is indicate in unsensitized, Rh-negative women at 28 weeks gestation or within 72 hours of any procedure or incident in which there is any possibility of feto-maternal blood mixing.

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Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

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False positive VDRL (FTA-ABS negative)

Prolonged PTT

Thrombocytopenia

Prophylaxis with low dose aspirin and LMWH

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