Prenatal Care Flashcards
set of interventions that aim to identify and modify biomedical, behavioral, and social risks to woman’s health or pregnancy outcome through prevention and management
preconceptional care
folic acid supplementation for preconceptional care in epileptic women
4 mg supplementation
criteria to discontinue anti-seizure medications before pregnancy
seizure free for 2-5 years
single seizure type
normal neurological exam and normal intelligence
normalized eeg with treatment
t/f immunizations during pregnancy with toxoids or killed bacteria or viruses are contraindicated
false, NOT CONTRAINDICATED
t/f live vaccines are not recommended during pregnancy
true
most frequent structural fetal malformation
1st = cardiac anomalies 2nd = neural tube defects
therapy that can reduce neural tube defects by 72%
preconceptional folic acid therapy (400-800 ug/d)
inborn error of phenylalanine metabolism carried by the mother
phenylketouria (cannot be inherited, but can damage fetal organs)
adolescent pregnancy has increased risk for ___
anemia, preterm delivery, preeclampsia, and std
pregnancy after 35 y/o has higher risk for ____
maternal mortality and ob complications
maternal age related risks stem from
preterm due to hpn/dm spontaneous preterm deliver fetal growth disorders fetal aneuploidy pregnancies from ART
smoking increases the risk for ___
preterm labor, fetal growth restriction, and low birthweight
a coordinated approach to medical care, continuous risk assessment, and psychological support that optimally begins before conception and extends throughout the postpartum period and interconceptional period
prenatal care
presumptive symptoms
nausea and vomiting
bladder frequency/infrequency
perception of fetal movement (pseudocyesis)
breast enlargement
violaceous discoloration of the vagina
presumptive sign: chadwick’s sign
areolas get darker and nipples get larger and more pigmented
presumptive sign: montgomery’s tubercles
melasma gavidarum or mask of pregnancy
presumptive sign: cholasma
probable signs and symptoms
symptoms: abdominal distention, braxton-hicks
signs: (+) pregnancy test, abdominal enlargement, outlining of fetal parts, hegar’s sign, gooddell’s sign, ballotment
cervical softening at 4-6 AOG
gooddell’s sign
softening of isthmus at 6-8 AOG
hegar’s sign
positive signs
fetal heart tone
perception of fetal movement by examinier
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