Quiz 1 Flashcards
Gestational age
Time elapsed since 1st day of LMP
Ovulation age
2 weeks from 1st day of LMP
Time frame of “embryo”
3-8 weeks
Time frame of “fetus”
> 8 weeks
Most sensitive period of gestation for teratogenicity
3-8 weeks
How many weeks is full term
39-40 weeks
When is a fetus considered viable
Week 24
Why does physiologic anemia occur during pregnancy
Greater increase in plasma volume (30-50%) compared to RBC mass increase (20-30%)
When is first prenatal visit and what is its purpose
6-8 weeks GA;
Date pregnancy
When is the second prenatal visit and what is its purpose
15-16 weeks GA;
Quad screen
Who is Rhogam indicated for and when is it given
Indicated for Rh- mothers;
Given at 28 weeks GA
When should Group B Strep culture be done
35-37 weeks GA
Primitive reflexes in an infant
Rooting, sucking, grasping, Moro
Postural reflexes in an infant
Head up, parachute, maintain balance
Locomotor reflexes in an infant
Crawling, stepping, swimming
What is assimilation in an infant
New information being brought into existing scheme
What is accommodation in an infant
Modification of old scheme or creating a new one
Are the following stats increasing or decreasing?
Preterm births; LBW infants; Infant mortality rate
Decreasing, increasing (particularly ELBW infants), decreasing (bc of ventilators, surfactant, and antenatal steroids)
Common complications of infant of diabetic mothers (IDM)
Macrosomia, respiratory distress syndrome (hyperinsulinemia inhibits cortisol = decreases surfactant), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cardiac malformation, lumbar neural tube defect, caudal regression, unilateral renal agenesis/renal vein thrombosis -> polycythemia, hypoglycemia -> seizures
Common complications of extremely premature infant
Multi-system failure with prolonged hospital stay ($1.5 million for initial hospitalization);
Intraventricular hemorrhage, retinopathy of prematurity, necrotizing enterocolitis
Multiple genes with additive effect that can be influenced by environment
Polygenic genes
Genes that have small quantitative effect on level of expression of another gene
Modifier genes
Epigenetics: definition and mechanisms
Def: transmission of info from cell to descendent without info encoded in nucleotide sequence;
Mechs: X-inactivation, imprinting, DNA methylation, histone/chromatin modification, RNA-modifiers
Different genes at different loci producing same phenotype
Genetic (locus) heterogeneity
What increases recurrence risk of multifactorial inheritance?
Increased recurrence risk if proband is of the less commonly affected sex
Polygenic condition
Offspring tend to be average of parents
Congenital viral pathogens
Toxoplasma, Rubella, CMV, HIV, Herpes, Syphilis (ToRCHHeS)
Path of congenital infections in newborn
Stillbirth, congenital malformation, preterm birth, long-term hearing/neurobehavioral disability