OB Final Questions and Verified Answers
What is PKU? Correct Answer: An overproduction of phenylalanine.
What are the S/S of PKU? Correct Answer: -Musty smelling urine
How do you DX & TX PKU? Correct Answer: DX-By blood
TX- Expensive formula
What can be a result of meconium in the amniotic fluid? Correct Answer: - Aspiration syndrome &
Respiratory distress.
-Newborn will need to be suctioned before stimulation.
-Resuscitation team should be notified before birth.
What are some risk factors for a Mother with Gestational Diabetes? Correct Answer: -Prone to
polyhydramnios
- Shoulder Dystocia
-C-section
-Hyper or Hypoglycemia
-Ketoacidosis
-Urinary & vaginal infections
-Spontaneous abortions
-Monitor BS
What are some S/S of preterm labor? Correct Answer: - Regular contractions that occur every 10 min.
lasting an hour or longer between 20 & 37 weeks gestation.
-Low backache, pressure & pelvis cramping, GI cramping.
, -Urinary freq. & vaginal discharge.
-Cervical dilation
-PROM
What is Magnesium sulfate used for? Correct Answer: -Used to stop preterm labor by relaxing the
smooth muscle of the uterus and suppresses contractions.
-Also used to lower BP and depress the CNS if gestational HTN is present.
What is the antidote for Mag. Sulfate? Correct Answer: Calcium Gluconate
What are the S/S of Mag. Sulfate toxicity? Correct Answer: -Pulmonary edema
-Chest pain
-SOB
-Resp. distress
-Wheezing or crackles
-Productive cough that is blood tinged.
What are the 4 stages of labor? Correct Answer: 1) Contractions (latent, active & transition)
2) Birth of the fetus
3) Birth of the placenta
4) Recovery
What do variable decelerations look like on the monitor, What causes them, and how do you TX them?
Correct Answer: -The resemble a V or a W and does not have to occur with contractions.
-They are caused by cord compression
-Tx by turning mother, administering O2 and discontinue Pitocin.
What is PKU? Correct Answer: An overproduction of phenylalanine.
What are the S/S of PKU? Correct Answer: -Musty smelling urine
How do you DX & TX PKU? Correct Answer: DX-By blood
TX- Expensive formula
What can be a result of meconium in the amniotic fluid? Correct Answer: - Aspiration syndrome &
Respiratory distress.
-Newborn will need to be suctioned before stimulation.
-Resuscitation team should be notified before birth.
What are some risk factors for a Mother with Gestational Diabetes? Correct Answer: -Prone to
polyhydramnios
- Shoulder Dystocia
-C-section
-Hyper or Hypoglycemia
-Ketoacidosis
-Urinary & vaginal infections
-Spontaneous abortions
-Monitor BS
What are some S/S of preterm labor? Correct Answer: - Regular contractions that occur every 10 min.
lasting an hour or longer between 20 & 37 weeks gestation.
-Low backache, pressure & pelvis cramping, GI cramping.
, -Urinary freq. & vaginal discharge.
-Cervical dilation
-PROM
What is Magnesium sulfate used for? Correct Answer: -Used to stop preterm labor by relaxing the
smooth muscle of the uterus and suppresses contractions.
-Also used to lower BP and depress the CNS if gestational HTN is present.
What is the antidote for Mag. Sulfate? Correct Answer: Calcium Gluconate
What are the S/S of Mag. Sulfate toxicity? Correct Answer: -Pulmonary edema
-Chest pain
-SOB
-Resp. distress
-Wheezing or crackles
-Productive cough that is blood tinged.
What are the 4 stages of labor? Correct Answer: 1) Contractions (latent, active & transition)
2) Birth of the fetus
3) Birth of the placenta
4) Recovery
What do variable decelerations look like on the monitor, What causes them, and how do you TX them?
Correct Answer: -The resemble a V or a W and does not have to occur with contractions.
-They are caused by cord compression
-Tx by turning mother, administering O2 and discontinue Pitocin.
