Labor and Delivery — Flashcards

_____ system: Classification of the pelvis

_____ incision is made at 2 o'clock and 10 o'clock on the cervix

_____ maneuver is done for assisted delivery of head in normal labor.

_____ is a hormone that may be used to induce labor and reduce postpartum bleeding

The treatment for a pregnant mother's vagina colonized by _____ is intra-partum penicillin G prophylaxis

Misoprostol promotes _____ contraction and therefore may be used for induction of labor (ripens cervix)

Pregnant mothers with vaginal colonization of Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) are given intra-_____ penicillin prophylaxis

_____ conjugate is derived by subtracting 1.5 - 2cm from the diagonal conjugate.

Episiotomy analgesia can be provided by bilateral pudendal nerve block, 2.5% _____ cream locally or local infiltration of 1% lidocaine into the fourchette, perineum, and vagina

As parturition nears, the estrogen/progesterone ratio _____, which makes the uterus more sensitive to contractile stimuli