Live Birth and Stillbirth — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Breslau's _____ life test is performed on stomach and intestines.

Answer: second

Flashcard 2: Hydrostatic test is false positive in case of _____ or artificial inflation

Answer: putrefied foetus

Flashcard 3: An unrespired lung (still birth) may float due to gases of decomposition, as seen in _____.

Answer: putrefaction

Flashcard 4: Section _____ deals with preventing the child from being born alive or to cause it to die after birth

Answer: 315

Flashcard 5: In Breslaus _____ life test, also known as the Stomach bowel test, stomach and the duodenum are tested.

Answer: second

Flashcard 6: Concealment of birth by secret disposal of the dead body is in Sec _____ of IPC

Answer: 318

Flashcard 7: A respired lung (live birth) may sink in water (False Negative Hydrostatic Test) in the following conditions:

Answer: 1. Atelectasis (Primary or Secondary) 2. Consolidation (e.g., Pneumonia) 3. Hyaline Membrane Disease 4. Mummification (Other factors include pulmonary edema and massive hemorrhage)

Flashcard 8: egg shell forms _____% of egg weight

Answer: 10

Extra: 

Flashcard 9: _____ of meconium in the large bowel is a confirmatory sign of live birth.

Answer: Absence