Unit 6 Q&A Flashcards
What is the best contraceptive for women with seizures disorders?
Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate because its level of progestin raises the
seizure threshold
What is the presenting clinical triad for abruptio placentae?
fetal
distress or death, tetanic uterine activity (contractions), and uterine bleeding
(concealed or external
Your patient walks in with complaint of painless vaginal bleeding and is in her third trimester. What do you suspect?
Placenta previa
Uterine perforation is highest when IUD insertion is performed when after delivery? Is the risk greater in lactating or non-lactating women?
Highest when inserted in the first 1-8 weeks after delivery, greater risk in lactating
women (because of accelerated uterine involution)
Your patient presents with complaints of severe abdominal itching. You note erythematous,
pruritic papules that coalesce into plaques along her stretch marks. What do you diagnose her with and what treatments could you give?
PUPPS (pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy). Can treat with topical steroids, Sarna lotion and antihistamine
What is the different between pregnancy induced hypertension vs. pre-eclampsia?
Pre-eclampsia has proteinuria
PUPPS, usually disappear when?
2 weeks postpartum (usually appears during 3rd trimester)
When is ectopic pregnancy usually occur?
rupture normally occurs between 6-12 weeks gestation
what are the risk pregnancy complications for anemia?
preterm labor and intrauterine growth restrictions
define chronic hypertension in pregnancy
BP > 140/90 before pregnancy or before the 20th week of pregnancy / presence of persistent hypertension >12 weeks
what re the 2 BP medications contraindicated in pregnancy?
ACEI
ARBS
what is the diagnoses criteria for pre-eclampsia?
BP>140/90 on 2 occasions + proteinuria of >300mg/24hrs
How can we truly diagnose pre-eclampsia?
2 criteria: elevated BP >140 systolic or >90 diastolic on two occasions 6 hours
apart and proteinuria > 300mg in 24 hour specimen. (
all > are equal to or greater
than)
What are the s/s of sever pre-eclampsia?
BP > 160/110, proteinuria > 5g/d (3+), oliguria, headache, RUQ/epigastric pain,
liver dysfunction, vision changes, thrombocytopenia, & pulmonary edema.
What is the difference between threatened and inevitable abortion?
In threatened the cervix stays closed
Name one the teratogen medication that cause spontaneous abortion
Dilantin (yes, seizure medications)
True or False, Placenta previa, the initial bleeding is usually after 24
wks and it painless
True
What is the color of the bleeding for cervical lesions?
pinkish
What type of discharge is bloody show consist of?
pink to red mixed with mucous
What antibiotic is use common and safe to treat UTI in pregnancy
Cephalosporin like K
eflex. Amoxicillin and nitrofurantoin as well. But do not
use nitrofurantoin in the last weeks of pregnancy. Keflex is safer and cheaper.
Raber mentioned Keflex several times in the lecture. I think she likes that one
What drugs should pregnant
women avoid during the third trimester because they can cause
neonatal jaundice?
sulfonamides
What medication can be used for N/V during pregnancy?
Small frequent meals, dry crackers before getting out of bed.
Doxylamine (Unisom) and B6.
Lastly Zofram ODT
4mg prn nausea and vomiting
What is the most common anemia in pregnancy?
Iron deficiency anemia (hypocromic and microcytic
What are some diet high in iron?
Green leafy vegetables, beans, beef, whole grain, and nuts
What is the treatment for anemia in
pregnancy? How long?
Ferrous sulfate…3 months past normal hgb
What is TORCH? Why important?
Toxoplasmosis, other causes, rubella (German measles), cytomegalovirus, and
herpes simplex virus
When id PUPPS usually appear and disappear?
Appears 3rd trimest
er and resolves 2 weeks postpartum
What is the first line medication for chronic HTN in pregnancy?
Methyldopa
What is the most common UTI pathogen in children?
The organisms most commonly responsible for UTI are fecal flora, most
commonly E. coli (85%)…
E. coli
How many alcoholic beverages put a woman at high risk? Or over the limit…
7 per week puts women at risk (8 for men)
8 yr old male patient comes in for sore throat. Rapid strep comes back positive. Patient is
severely allergic to PCN and says
it closes his throat off when he last took PCN. What is the
best treatment?
Azithromycin
Your patient complains of small shallow sores on the inside of his mouth. He says he tried
gargling with salt water with no relief. What is the best treatment for aph
thous ulcers?
Oral corticosteroids
You have a 30 yr old patient that was treated amoxicillin 28 days ago. She complains of
frontal sinus pain that is unbearable and a bad headache for the last 11 days. What is the best
treatment?
clavalunate (A
ugmentin) and levofloxacin (Levaquin) were what
they originally looked for as answers. Later she accepted doxycycline per shimp
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Treatment for allergic conjunctvitis includes:
- Mast cell stabilizers (Cromalyn). 2. H2 receptor antagonists (Levocabast
ine) 3.
NSAID (ketorolac tromehamine) 4. combination dropps with mast cell & H2
(Olopatadine). 5. systemic antihistamines are also helpful (Benadryl)
t/f?
we should not put steroid drops in the eye
true
t/f?
Allergic conjunctivitis usually involves hx
of allergies. Discharge is white & stringy
true
How does bacterial conjunctivits present?
redness & purulent discharge, eyes usually matted in morning, can be bilateral or
unilateral
T/F;
Prescribe empiric antibiotics for bacterial conjunctivitis?
t
What is
done differently for bacterial conjunctivitis caused by chlamydia, or gonorrhea?
Culture the eyes of any sexually active teen with conjunctivitis to rule out STD
Treat systemically
What are the 2 most frequent neural tube defects?
Spina Bifida and Anencephaly
When does neural tube closure occur?
By the 4th week of pregnancy/ 28th day after conception (21-28 days post-conception
Recommended daily folic acid intake for non pregnant women with no r/f for neural tube
defect?
0.4mg/day for nonpregnant
with no risk factors. And 4mg/day for women with
history of giving birth to child with neural tube defects or strong fam history.
what are the hallmarks for PROM?
pooling
positive nitrazione
positive ferning
1 cause of infant colic in breastfed babies?
dairy
Women with possible Zika virus exposure are recommended to wait to conceive until ____
weeks after symptom onset or last possible Zika virus exposure
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Zika virus infection during pregnancy can result in _______ and serious abnormalities of the____?
congenital microcephaly and brain
Zika virus is transmitted from the bite of ____ and also through _____?
mosquito and sex
What parameters are checked at routine pregnancy visits? Blood pressure..
Weight, urine dipstick (nitrates, leukocyte, protein, glucose) and fetal heart tines
starting at 10 or 12 weeks gestation, and fundal height starting at 18 weeks
At her 37 week appointment, your patient’s fundal height is measuring at 34cm. Why
shouldn’t you panic?
At and after 36 weeks the baby is lowering into the birth canal
At 20 weeks, fundal height is measured at the ______
umbilicus
What test is included in the quadruple but not triple aneuploidy screen? What two processes
are you testing for? When
do you test? And who do you test?
Inhibin (and possibly unconjugated estriol – need to look up) Neural tube defect & trisomy. Tests b/w 15 - 20 week; ideally 16 - 18 weeks. Women >35
Which gestational diabetes test uses the fasting method? Ho
w many abnormal results are
needed using this test to diagnose? What are the normal parameters?
ADA, only one abnormal for dx. Fasting >92, 1 hour >180, 2 hour > 153
Using the ACOG method, a level greater than ____in the 1hr test confirms gestational
diabe
tes without using the 3hr method. How many abnormal readings are needed in the 3hr
test to confirm dx? What are the normal parameters?
200.
Fasting >95, 1hr >180, 2hr >155, 3hr >140. Any two abnormal values is
diagnostic for GDM
Wh
at’s the difference between chronic and pregnancy induced HTN?
Chronic: Present prepregnancy or before 20 weeks of pregnancy, Or continues
more than 3 months postpartum. PIH: after 20 wks and resolves PP