Pregnancy, Childbirth, & Puerperium Flashcards
First stage of labor
Definition
Phases
Latent: Gradual cervical change from 0 cm to 6 cm dilation
Active: Rapid cervical change from 6 cm to 10 cm dilation
Disorders of the active phase of labor
- Diagnosis
- Clinical features
- Treatment
Neural tube detects
- Types
- Risk factors
- Prenatal screening
- Prevention
Infants of diabetic mothers – general risks
Respiratory distress syndrome
Preterm delivery
Fetal macrosomia
Infant of diabetic mother – complications
- 1st trimester
- 2nd and 3rd trimester
Placenta previa
- Risk factors
- Clinical features
- Diagnosis/management
Fetal fibronectin
Found on the choriodecidual interface
Presence in vaginal secretions at 24-34 gestation is predictive of preterm delivery
Kleihauer-Betke test
Determines the necessary dose of Rh(D) anti-D immunoglobulin after delivery of an Rh-positive fetus to an Rh-negative mother
Tocolytics
- Drug
- Mechanism
- Indication
- Side effects
Preterm labor (<37 weeks)
- Gestational age
- Management
Eclampsia
- Clinical features
- Management
Types of abortion (pregnancy loss at <20 weeks of pregnancy)
- Missed
- Threatened
- Inevitable
- Incomplete
- Complete
Antepartum fetal surveillance
Purpose
Frequency
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
Normal non-stress test (NST)
>=2 heart rate accelerations that are >= 15 beats/min above baseline and >=15 seconds long within a 20 minute period
Antepartum fetal surveillance (Description, normal result, abnormal result)
- Nonstress test
- Biophysical profile
- Contracction stress test
- Doppler sonography of the umbilical artery
Placenta accreta
Risk factors
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
Placental abruption
Premature detachment of the placenta from the uterus
Vaginal bleeding
Abdominal pain
Tense and distended uterus
Fetal heart rate abnormalities
Placenta previa
Occurs when the placenta implants over the internal cervical os
Contractions and cervical dilation typically cause antepartum hemorrhage
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
Breastfeeding contraindications
- Maternal
- Infant
Biophysical profile (Component, normal finding)
Nuchal cord
Associated with variable decelerations
Intrauterine fetal demise
- Definition
- Diagnosis
- Management
- Complication
Risk factors for intrauterine fetal demise: nulliparity, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus
Kleihauer-Betke test
Confirm or rule out fetomaternal hemorrhage
Evaluation of fetal demise
- Fetal
- Maternal
Postpartum urinary retention
- Risk factors
- Clinical features
- Management
Preeclampsia
- Definition
- Severe Features
- Management
- Fetal complications
- Fetal complications: Oligoydramnios and fetal growth restriction/small for gestational age infants due to chronic uteroplacental insufficiency
Management of patients >=37 weeks gestation with breech presentation
External cephalic version
Internal podalic version
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
Pubic symphysis diastasis
- Risk factors
- Presentation
- Management