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| What is the 5 digit system for Gravidity and Parity? |
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1. gravida
2. term-para
3. preterm
4. abortions-spontaneous or therapeutic
5. living children |
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| What is gravida and different types? |
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A woman who is pregnant
a. nulligravida-never been pregnant
b. multigravida-2 or more pregnancies
c. primigravidas-first pregnancy |
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| What is parity and different types? |
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Number of births after 20 weeks gestation
a. doesn’t matter if born alive or stillborn
b. nullipara-never completed a pregnancy
c. multipara-completed 2 or more births at
more than 20 weeks gestation
d. primipara-completed one birth > 20 weeks
e. not the number of fetuses born |
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| birth before 37 weeks gestation |
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| birth after 42 week of gestation |
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The capacity to live outside the uterus
a. somewhere between week 22-24
b.fetus greater than 500 gms |
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| What are the two types of preganancy tests? |
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Definition
1. hCG-human chorionic gonadotropin
2. ELISA-enzyme linked immunosorbent assays |
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| What are the components of ELISA-enzyme linked immunosorbent assay pregnancy tests? |
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Definition
a. color change with hCG bonding
b. result as fast as 5 minutes
c. detect hCG in 7-9 after conception |
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| What are the components of hCG-human chorionic gonadotropin pregnancy test? |
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a. production starts with implantation
b. found in blood 6 days after conception
c. in urine by day 26
d. level rises until peak at day 60-70 in pregnancy
then falls-lowest level at 100-130 days |
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| What is Nagele’s Rule for the estimating the date of delivery? |
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Definition
| First day of LMP→subtract 3 months→add 1 week |
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| What are classical presumptive indicators of pregnancy? |
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Definition
a. amenorrhea
b. quickening (mom feels baby move)
c. breast changes
d. N & V-weeks
e. urinary frequency
f. fatigue |
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| What are classical probable indicators of pregnancy? |
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a. Goodwell’s sign
b. Chadwick’s sign
c. Hegar’s sign-weeks
d. + pregnancy test (serum)
e. + pregnancy test (urine)
f. Braxton-Hicks contractions
g. abdominal enlargement
h. ballottement
i. palpable fetal outline |
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| What are classical positive indicators of pregnancy? |
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a. visualization of fetus on U/S-weeks 5-6
b. fetal heart tones by U/S-week 6
c. fetal heart tones by Doppler-weeks 10-17
d. FHT by stethoscope-weeks 17-19
e. fetal movements palpated-weeks 19-22
f. visibility-late pregnancy |
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