Quiz 6 Flashcards
An 18 year old at 35 weeks gestation has been feeling well, although she has occasional “tightening” of her abdomen and had noticed some vaginal spotting this morning. Speculum exam reveals that her cervix is visually dilated to 2 cm. Monitoring for 1 hour reveals one contraction. The fetal heart status is reassuring. The next step in managing this patient should be…
discharge to home with counseling on the signs and symptoms of labor
A 25-year-old patient is being treated for preterm labor with nifedipine. Which of the following is a possible complication?
Decrease in uteroplacental blood flow
A 34-year-old at 25 weeks gestation felt “feverish” last evening. She denies contractions, abdominal pain, or vaginal bleeding. Her past medical history is unremarkable. She is afebrile now. Her lungs are clear to auscultation. Her abdomen is mildly tender to palpation. There is no rebound or guarding. Urinalysis is normal. Her WBC is 15,000. The source of the leukocytosis of greatest concern is…
chorioamnionitis
What is the most appropriate technique to evaluate cervical length?
Ultrasound
Which of the following is the most serious consequence of preterm premature rupture of membranes?
Preterm delivery
A 22-year-old patient at 23 weeks of gestation describes a sudden gush of fluid from the vagina. Which of the following can cause a false-negative Nitrazine test?
Rupture of the membranes with no residual fluid
A 30-year-old primigravid patient at 41 weeks and 3 days of gestation has a normal NST and AFI. Estimated fetal weight is 5,600 g. She weighs 320 lbs and has been managed with diet for an abnormal 3-hour glucose test since 28 weeks. The cervix is closed and posterior. What is the most appropriate management?
Cesarean delivery within 24 hours
A 32-year-old woman is at 41 weeks of gestation. Her cervix is found to be unfavorable. She asks her physician about the next step of management and is told that she should…
have a nonstress test and an amniotic fluid index
A 20-year old white female G0 comes to see you about contraception. She is in college and plans to go to grad school, so she wants something that is 100% effective in preventing pregnancy. You explain to her that the method failure rate and the typical use rate can be very different depending on the method chosen.
The “method failure rate” reflects the rate of failure when the method is…
used correctly 100% of the time
A 45-year-old G2P2 has been seeing you for heavy periods lasting 7 to 10 days with clots and cramping. She is a 1 pack per day smoker and plans on quitting. She has 2 to 3 drinks per weekend. Her family history is remarkable for breast cancer in her mother and older sister after menopause. Her blood pressure is 138/78. She weighs 220 pounds. Your exam is unremarkable but her uterus is difficult to assess due to her habitus. An ultrasound revealed a normal size uterus with no fibroids. An endometrial biopsy was benign.
A sound next step would be…
Levonorgestrel IUD
The overall risk of ectopic pregnancy in users of IUDs is
unchanged
Removal of an IUD in the first trimester of a pregnancy is associated with a decreased spontaneous abortion rate of…
30%
In most cases, successful reversal of female sterilization done by tubal ligation is possible in approximately what percent of cases?
25-50%
Antibodies against the sperm are found in about what proportion of men who have undergone vasectomy?
50%
Bilateral tubal ligation has the additional benefit of reducing the likelihood of…
Ovarian cancer
A 28 year old G3P3 presents to the emergency room early in the morning in severe pain after a tubal ligation performed yesterday. She claims she was told the procedure went well but the pain developed shortly after getting home yesterday afternoon. She took her pain medicine as prescribed but has not been able to control her pain
What is the most likely method of sterilization used?
Falope ring
What female sterilization method is most likely to result in future ectopic pregnancy?
Electrocautery
A 34-year-old G2P2 tells you she wants her copper IUD removed because her periods have become heavier and crampy so her husband is getting a vasectomy.
You advise her to…
Wait until 10 weeks after the vasectomy
Postoperative complications of vasectomy such as bleeding, hematoma formation, and local skin infection occur in about what percent of cases?
5-10%
When counseling a woman on sexual desire, one common flaw in the traditional model of female sexual response is its failure to account for the frequent overlap of desire and…
arousal
The sexual dysfunction that is most likely to occur in a patient who was in an abusive relationship is…
hypoactive sexual desire disorder
A 23 year old woman comes to the office for evaluation of painful intercourse and pain when inserting tampons. These symptoms began approximately 5 months ago as mild vulvar irritation. She was diagnosed by another health care provider as having a “vaginal infection” for which she has received multiple cycles of various medications with no benefit and progressively worsening symptoms. She is now unable to have intercourse and can insert only the smallest tampon, though she can wear them comfortable once they are in place. She weighs 63 kg and is 160 cm tall. Vital signs are temperature 37.0 C, pulse 78/min, respirations 16/min, and blood pressure 118/54 mmHg. The general physical examination is normal. The test or procedure most likely to establish the diagnosis for this patient is…
inspection and palpations of the vulva
Among female genital tract malignancies, endometrial carcinoma ranks where in frequency?
First