Maternal and Child Health Indian Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
Master Maternal and Child Health with OnCourse flashcards. These spaced repetition flashcards are designed for medical students preparing for NEET PG, USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2, MBBS exams, and other medical licensing examinations.
Maternal and Child Health Flashcard Deck - 7 Cards
Flashcard 191: SNCUs(Special newborn care units) are set up in _____
Answer: District hospitals
Flashcard 192: _____ are most vulnerable to the severe complications of the Zika virus.
Answer: Pregnant women::Demographic
Flashcard 193: _____ index = Total accidental pregnancies x 1200/Total months of exposure.
Answer: Pearl
Flashcard 194: The **Vande Mataram Scheme** is a public-private partnership where safe motherhood services are provided by _____.
Answer: Private sector practitioners (OBG specialists)
Extra: The Vande Mataram Scheme is a public-private partnership (PPP) initiative launched in 2004. It involves voluntary participation from private sector obstetricians and gynecologists to provide free antenatal care (ANC), postnatal care (PNC), and family planning counseling to pregnant women, especially those below the poverty line.
Note: Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a different scheme focused on providing cash incentives for institutional deliveries.
Flashcard 195: A cash incentive of 5000 rupees is provided to all pregnant women and lactating mothers under _____ (PMMVY)
Answer: Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
Flashcard 196: Perinatal mortality rate (PMR) is calculated as:_____
Answer: (Late fetal deaths [28+ weeks gestation] + Early neonatal deaths [first 7 days of life]) / (Total live births + Stillbirths) × 1000
Extra: Perinatal Mortality Rate (PMR) formula:
Numerator: Late fetal deaths (28 weeks or more of gestation) + Early neonatal deaths (under 1 week of age).
Denominator: Total births (Live births and Stillbirths).
Multiplier: 1000.
PMR is a sensitive indicator of the quality of antenatal, intranatal, and neonatal care.
Flashcard 197: The type of screening done in a newborn to rule out metabolic disorders like phenylketonuria is _____ screening.
Answer: Prescriptive screening
Prescriptive screening refers to the presumptive identification of unrecognized disease in an apparently healthy person to provide early treatment and improve the health outcome for that individual. Newborn screening for phenylketonuria (PKU) is a classic example because early dietary intervention prevents mental disability.
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