Menstrual cycle is controlled by: - Answers luteinizing hormone (gonadotropin and FSH)
Reoccurance likelihood of cycstic fibrosis with future pregnancies: - Answers 25% chance with each
pregnancy
Monozygotic twins have: - Answers identical genetic components (1 egg by 1 sperm that splits into 2)
Most common site for ectopic pregnancy: - Answers fallopian tubes
Most common stage teratogens can cause damage: - Answers embryonic
Purpose of placenta: - Answers exchange nutrients and wastes between mother and fetus
Role of progesterone in pregnancy: - Answers reduces uterine muscle contractions, maintenance
hormone, and human placental lactogen
Fetal oxygenation bypasses: - Answers liver and lungs
6 previous pregnancies, 1 term, 4 miscarriages, and twins at 34 weeks: - Answers G71143
LMP Dec 18th, EDD: - Answers Sept. 25th
(LMP - 3 mo + 7 days)
Vaginal bleeding but not cramping or pressure (hx of miscarriages) indicates: - Answers threatened
abortion
O- indirect Coombs; post-delivery needs: - Answers Rhogam within 72 hours of delivery and lasts for 12
weeks
Vegan mom should eat: - Answers tofu, legumes, raisins
Intercourse and pregnancy: - Answers experience alternative positions
Prepregnant weight was 110, at 12 weeks it's 115, appropriate? - Answers yes, appropriate
Pica: - Answers iron deficiency
Testing for pregnant black woman: - Answers sickle cell anemia
Purpose of Leopold's maneuvers: - Answers determine position, lie, and presentation
Production of gametes: - Answers meiosis
Pregnant woman has thick white discharge, nose bleeds, and increased perspiration; normal or
abnormal: - Answers normal s/s
, Hager's sign: - Answers probable sign of pregnancy
Intervention for patient that feels dizzy and nauseous and skin gets cold and clammy when supine: -
Answers turn on left side lying
20 weeks fundal height equal with umbilicus; appropriate? - Answers yes, appropriate
Infertility tests: - Answers even with testing, infertility is unexplained in 20% of couples
Increased BP, edema, awful HA, and spots around eyes are signs of: - Answers severe preeclampsia
when admitted to L&D, BP 186/112, 3+ edema, 3+ reflexes, 3+ protein dipstick; this means: - Answers
worsening of disease
Lab test for diabetes: - Answers liver function test (LFT); looking for HELLP
Assessment for mag sulfate: - Answers resp status
Mag sulfate EO: - Answers no seizures
Symptoms to expect with HELLP syndrome: - Answers epigastric pain (associated with hepatic rupture)
Nurse must notify doctor if: - Answers serum magnesium 10g/dL
Med to have readily available if on IV mag sulfate: - Answers calcium gluconate
ABO incompatibility: - Answers mom O, and baby is A, B, or AB
Placenta previa:
Placenta abruption: - Answers previa: no pain
abruption: painful
Concealed abruption: - Answers board-like abdomen
Used pad - 625 g dry 3 g; blood loss: - Answers 622 g
Life-threatening defect in coagulation in several problems with pregnancy: - Answers DIC
Unstable BS with controlled diabetes caused by: - Answers human placental lactogen
"No need for TORCH titer, no cats": - Answers test for diseases other than toxoplasms (Rubella,
cytomegalovirus, and herpes)
Husband experiencing N/V with pregnant wife: - Answers Couvade syndrome
Hypermagnesium assessment: - Answers respirations below 12
G31102, chronic HTN, smokes 1 pack/day: at risk for: - Answers preeclampsia