Repro - corrections

Question 1

Most common cause of neonatal sepsis

Answer 1

GBS (group B strep)

Question 2

What produces hCG during early pregnancy?

Answer 2

syncytiotrophoblast (outer layer of trophoblast) to stimulate corpus luteum to secrete progesterone

Question 3

State gonadotropin & oestrogen oestrogen levels in PCOS (& the reason for no ovulation)

Answer 3

normal gonadotropin & oestrogen levels
Anovulation due to low FSH during follicular phase

Question 4

Which breast cancer classically metastasises to the opposite breast?

Answer 4

Invasive lobular carcinoma

Question 5

State the causes of postpartum haemorrhage from most to least common

Answer 5

T - tone (uterine atony)
T - tissue (retained products of conception)
T - trauma (to genital tract or perineum)
T - thrombin (coagulation abnormalities)

Question 6

State the effect of pregnancy on the lungs

Answer 6

Increased tidal volume (thus increased pulmonary ventilation)