Question 1
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How much Vitamin D should you take during pregnancy?
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10 mg every day throughout pregnancy and during breastfeeding
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400 mg every day throughout pregnancy and during breastfeeding
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100 mg every day throughout pregnancy and during breastfeeding
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10 mg every day during 1st trimester
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100 mg every day during 1st trimester
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400mg every day during 1st trimester
Question 2
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Why is Folic Acid important?
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Significantly reduces chances of neural tube birth defects
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improves brain functionality and development of fetus
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Helps maintain pregnancy
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Reduces chances of polydactyl
Question 3
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How much folic acid during pregnancy?
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400mg everyday 1st trimester (wk 0-12)
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400mg everyday throughout pregnancy
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40mg everyday 1st trimester (wk 0-12)
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40mg everyday throughout pregnancy
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400 mg everyday for the first few weeks of each trimester
Question 4
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Which are characteristic of patent ductus arteriosus?
Question 5
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What does the ductus venosus shunt allow?
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blood from the fetus' heart to bipass the liver
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blood from the placenta to bypass the liver
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blood from the fetus' heart to bypass the lungs
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blood from the placenta to bypass the lungs
Question 6
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What are the fetal heart shunts?
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ductus arteriosus
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ductus venous
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foramen ovale
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ductus deferens
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ductus foramen
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ductus thramensus
Question 7
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What regarding fetal circulation is true?
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vasoconstriction in pulmonary circulation
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most important organ needing oxygenated blood supply: heart
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most important organ needing oxygenated blood supply: brain
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Blood "recieved" by heart in right atrium
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Higher pressure in left atrium than right atrium
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oxygenated blood and deoxygenated blood kept strictly separate
Question 8
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How does right atrial deoxygenated blood streaming occur?
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Superior Vena Cava--> Right Atrium--> Right ventricle-->Ductus Arteriosus-->Mixing of blood (partially oxygenated)--> descending aorta--> lower body
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Inferior Vena Cava--> Right Atrium--> Right ventricle-->Ductus Arteriosus-->Mixing of blood (partially oxygenated)--> descending aorta--> lower body
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Superior Vena Cava--> Right Atrium--> Right ventricle-->Ductus Arteriosus-->Mixing of blood (partially oxygenated)--> descending aorta--> upper body
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Inferior Vena Cava--> Right Atrium--> Right ventricle-->Ductus Arteriosus--> Mixing of blood (partially oxygenated)-->descending aorta--> upper body
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Superior Vena Cava--> Right Atrium--> Right ventricle-->Ductus Venosus--> Mixing of blood (partially oxygenated)-->descending aorta--> lower body
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Inferior Vena Cava--> Right Atrium--> Right ventricle-->Ductus Venosus-->Mixing of blood (partially oxygenated)--> descending aorta--> lower body
Question 9
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How does streaming of oxygenated blood occur?
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Inferior Vena Cava-->Foramen Ovale-->left atrium-->left ventricle--> ascending aorta-->brain
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Superior Vena Cava-->Foramen Ovale-->left atrium-->left ventricle--> ascending aorta-->brain
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Inferior Vena Cava-->Foramen Ovale-->right atrium-->right ventricle--> ascending aorta-->brain
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Superior Vena Cava-->Foramen Ovale-->right atrium-->right ventricle--> ascending aorta-->brain
Question 10
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Whats the purpose of Foramen Ovale
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allows flow of blood between right and left atriums because right atrium has more pressure than left atrium
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allows flow of blood between right and left atriums because left atrium has more pressure than right atrium
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allows blood to bypass the liver
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allows blood to bypass the lungs
Question 11
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What is NOT correct regarding ductus arteriosus?
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allows blood from the pulmonary artery to descending artery
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allows blood from the pulmonary artery to ascending artery
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prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) controls the patency of ductus arteriosus
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allows mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood
Question 12
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Infants with Down's syndrome should be checked for hearing, ECG for congenital heart disease, and eye abilities before 6 months of age
Question 13
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What leads to lungs activation?
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First breath--> oxygen pressure rises--> pulmonary vasodilation
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placenta circulation cut off--> left heart pressure increases
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right heart pressure decreases
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foramen ovale closes
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ductus arteriosus closes immediately upon first breath
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further decrease in left heart pressure
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surfactant proteins and enzymes actiavte upon increased oxygen pressure
Question 14
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Foramen Ovale becomes what post-parturition?
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Fossa Ovale
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Foramen Ovalum
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Foramen Ovale
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Foramen Fossa
Question 15
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Ductus Arteriosus becomes Ligamentum Venosum
Question 16
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Ductus Venosus becomes Ligamentum Venosum
Question 17
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What to remember regarding patent ductus arteriosus?
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common with pre-term infants
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common with maternal Rubella infection
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problems with PGE2 receptors can lead to patent ductus arteriosus
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low oxygen can lead to patent ductus arteriosus
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common with "late" babies
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common in multiple births
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may have apnea or tachypnea
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ECG is how to diagnose
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Ultrasound is how to diagnose
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NSAIDS (Indomethicin) can induce closure of patent ductus arteriosus
Question 18
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Malfunction in lungs' surfactant production can lead to baby struggling to breathe and problems in oxygen saturation
Question 19
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What is inadequate production of surfactant in the baby's lungs known as?
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Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome (IRDS)
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Surfactant Deficiency Syndrome (SID)
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Hypopneumocytomia
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Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Infant Lung Collapse
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Tetralogy of Fallot
Question 20
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What is part of the presentation of Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome?
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commonly pre-term delivery
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presents quickly after birth
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can rapidly progress to hypoxia, fatugue or apnea
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detectable in the womb
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wheezing noises
Question 21
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How may you prevent infant respiratory distress syndrome?
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Antenatal corticosteroids
EX: Dexamethasone
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Delaying Labor
EX: Atosiban
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Inducing Labor
Ex: Oxytocin drips
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NSAIDS
Ex: Indomethacin
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Placing mother on ventilator during labor
Question 22
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Not all ectopic pregnancies must be surgically/immediately removed as not all are dangerous
Question 23
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What is an Ectpic pregnancy?
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when the egg implants elsewhere than in the uterus
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when benign tumor in uterus tricks body into thinking its a pregnancy
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when 8 ovums are simultaneously implanted
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A pregnancy in pre-menopause
Question 24
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Which is not a prominent risk factor for ectopic pregnancy?
Question 25
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Methotrexate can terminate ectopic pregnancies
Question 26
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How does ectopic pregnancy present
Question 27
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What is spontaneous loss of pregnancy before 24 weeks?
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Miscarriage
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Abortion
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pre-parturition death
Question 28
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What type of miscarriage?
Cervical os (exocervix): closed
Bleeding: mild
Pain: mild
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threatened miscarriage
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inevitable miscarriage
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missed miscarriage
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complete miscarriage
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incomplete miscarriage
Question 29
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What type miscarriage?
Bleeding: heavy, clotting
Pain: Intense
Cervical Os: Open
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Inevitable Miscarriage
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Threatned Miscarriage
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Incomplete Miscarriage
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Complete Miscarriage
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Missed Miscarriage
Question 30
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What is characteristic of a missed miscarriage?
Question 31
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WIth close monitoring of the mother, a threatned abortion means that a miscarriage might not happen
Question 32
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As soon as she learns that it is an inevitable miscarriage, mother will undergo an abortion pronto
Question 33
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As there is still some leftover tissue in incomplete miscarriages, surgical removal necessary
Question 34
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What is the maternal portion of the placenta known as?
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decidua basalis
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chorion
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duodenum
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amnion
Question 35
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What does the placenta metabolize?
Question 36
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What does the placenta transport?
Question 37
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What hormones does the placenta produce?
Question 38
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"Antepartum haemorrhage is defined as any [blank_start]vaginal[blank_end] bleeding from the [blank_start]24th[blank_end] week of gestation until [blank_start]delivery[blank_end]"
Question 39
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Placenta abruption is the [blank_start]premature[blank_end] separation of a normally placed placenta [blank_start]before delivery[blank_end] of the fetus, with [blank_start]blood[blank_end] collecting between the placenta and the [blank_start]uterus[blank_end].
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premature
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partial
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late
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before delivery
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during development
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after birth
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blood
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lymph
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amniotic fluid
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uterus
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bladder
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yolk sac
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amniotic sac
Question 40
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[blank_start]Placenta previa[blank_end] exists when the placenta is inserted wholly or in part [blank_start]into the lower segment of the uterus[blank_end].
Question 41
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What's important regarding placenta previa?
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Painless bright red bleeding
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Bleeding visible during third trimester usually
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should NOT do manual pelvic examination
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should NOT do ultrasound
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C-section unless very minor placenta previa
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painful vaginal bleeding
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abdominal pain
Question 42
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How might uterine atony present as?
Question 43
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Postpartum Hemmorhage is excessive bleeding post delivery. [blank_start]Primary[blank_end] Postpartum Hemmorhage is 500<ml within [blank_start]24 hours[blank_end] after birth. [blank_start]Secondary[blank_end] is [blank_start]post-24 hours[blank_end] to [blank_start]six weeks[blank_end] post-partum. It can be caused by [blank_start]infection[blank_end], [blank_start]endometritis[blank_end], and [blank_start]retained products of conception.[blank_end]
Question 44
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What fetal positions are normal?
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longitudinal
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cephalic
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breech
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oblique
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transverse
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occiput-anterior
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occiput-posterior
Question 45
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Uterine atony can be treated with [blank_start]oxytocin infusion[blank_end]. It is one of the most common causes of primary post-partum hemorrhage. The other is [blank_start]retained placenta.[blank_end] General causes of uterine atony are "pathology of the four T's:" [blank_start]tone, trauma, tissue, and thrombin[blank_end]. Uterine atony can lead to hemorrhage because uterine contractions help with [blank_start]coagulability[blank_end] so lack can lead to extensive bleeding.
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retained placenta.
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retracted placenta
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placenta previa
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oxytocin infusion
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atosiban
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synacthen
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tone, trauma, tissue, and thrombin
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temperature, tiredness, tone, trauma
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coagulability
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anti-coagulability
Question 46
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Descent of the baby is measured in comparison to...?
Question 47
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What is considered an abnormal APGAR score?
Question 48
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What is FALSE regarding the APGAR test
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first test given to newborns to assess condition of baby
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c-section can give a low score
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fluid in the airways can give a low score
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difficulties during labor can give low score
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hand and feet of baby commonly cold/blue-- professional's judgement needed
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vaccination given to newborns to boost condition post birth
Question 49
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Aneuploidy more common in maternal meoisis II
Question 50
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What are the most common aneuploidies
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chromosome 18
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chromosome 21
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chromosome 13
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chromosome 15
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chromosome 11
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chromosome 9
Question 51
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Characteristics of Down's Syndrome
Question 52
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Most babies born with Edward's are able to live adequately long.
Question 53
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Patua's is basically incompatible with life: most die either miscarriage, stillborn, or in less than a week.
Question 54
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Clinical key factors of Turner's Syndrome
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Short stature
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Infertility and ammenorhea
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Webbed neck
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Underdeveloped breasts, usually lean
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Abnormal IQ
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Increased risk for chronic conditions
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Genotype: X0
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Genotype: XXX
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Tachycardia
Question 55
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Which is not characteristic of Klinefelter's Syndrome
Question 56
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What is pre-eclampsia?
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Pregnancy induced hypertentsion and proteinurea after 20 weeks
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Pregnancy induced hypertentsion after 20 weeks
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Pregnancy induced proteinurea after 20 weeks
Question 57
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How might pre-eclampsia present?
Question 58
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What's true regarding treatment of pre-eclampsia?
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regardless of severity, admit into hospital
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moderate-severe: oral labetalol if blood pressure <150/100
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very close BP monitoring (check at least 4 times a day)
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repeated tests of proteinurea
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Blood tests 2-3 times weekly
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Blood Thinners
(Warfarin)
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NSAIDS, pain killers
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severe cases: magnesium sulphate intravenously
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severe cases: antihypertensives-- labetabol, nifedipine
Question 59
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You can "cure" pre-eclampsia
Question 60
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Should aim to deliver baby early in case of pre-eclampsia
Question 61
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Why can pre-eclampsia be a matter of concern? (choose BEST answer)
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mandatory precursor to eclampsia which endangers both mother and child as it can include seizures and blackouts due to poor blood perfusion
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can directly lead to heart failure and dysfunctionality
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can compromise development of the fetus
Question 62
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Placenta Abruption presents as vaginal bleeding and [blank_start]abdominal[blank_end] pain. Uterine contractions, [blank_start]shock[blank_end], and [blank_start]fetal[blank_end] distress are also signs. In this case, management would be [blank_start]ABCD[blank_end]. Ensuring fetus was okay, [blank_start]c-section[blank_end] delivery. If fetal dead, [blank_start]vaginal[blank_end] delivery.
Question 63
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What regarding the A in APGAR is correct?
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complete activity= 0 points
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total lack of action = 2 points
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total lack of action = 0 points
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complete activity= 2 points
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complete activity= 1 point
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flexed arm/leg = 1 point
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flexed arm/leg = 2 point
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flexed arm/leg = 0 point
Question 64
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What gives you 2 points on the APGAR
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Pulse over = over 100 beats per min
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Pulse over = over 80 beats per min
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Grimace= immediate response
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Grip= strong grip
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Appearance= pink
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Appearance= pink but extremities may be blue
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Respiration= immense crying
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Respiration= 15< breaths per minute
Question 65
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Which is how proteinuria determined?
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protein:creatine ratio 30mg/mmol<
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protein:creatine ration 30mg/mmol>
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protein:serum ratio 50mg/mmol<
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protein:serum ration 50mg/mmol>
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protein:creatine ration 50mg/mmol>
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protein:creatine ration 50mg/mmol<