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
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Neural tube detects
- Types
- Risk factors
- Prenatal screening
- Prevention
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Infants of diabetic mothers – general risks
Respiratory distress syndrome
Preterm delivery
Fetal macrosomia
Infant of diabetic mother – complications
- 1st trimester
- 2nd and 3rd trimester
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Placenta previa
- Risk factors
- Clinical features
- Diagnosis/management
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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
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Preterm labor (<37 weeks)
- Gestational age
- Management
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Eclampsia
- Clinical features
- Management
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Types of abortion (pregnancy loss at <20 weeks of pregnancy)
- Missed
- Threatened
- Inevitable
- Incomplete
- Complete
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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
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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
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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
Breastfeeding contraindications
- Maternal
- Infant
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Biophysical profile (Component, normal finding)
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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
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Kleihauer-Betke test
Confirm or rule out fetomaternal hemorrhage
Evaluation of fetal demise
- Fetal
- Maternal
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Postpartum urinary retention
- Risk factors
- Clinical features
- Management
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Preeclampsia
- Definition
- Severe Features
- Management
- Fetal complications
- 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
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
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Pubic symphysis diastasis
- Risk factors
- Presentation
- Management
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