Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: 2020 AHA guidelines recommendations:_____ management should be prioritized during resuscitation from cardiac arrest in pregnancy

Answer: Airway

Flashcard 2: Transplacental infection of _____ will present with hypertrophy of placenta

Answer: syphilis

Flashcard 3: _____ uterus or uteroplacental apoplexy which is seen in severe forms of _____ placenta.

Answer: Couvelaire; concealed abruptio

Flashcard 4: Earliest sign of hydrops fetalis on USG is _____

Answer: Pericardial effusion

Extra: Hydrops fetalis is defined as the abnormal accumulation of fluid in 2 or more fetal compartments. The sequence of fluid accumulation is generally: 1. Polyhydramnios and Placentomegaly (often the very first signs) 2. **Pericardial effusion** (earliest evidence of serous effusion) 3. Ascites 4. Pleural effusion 5. Skin/Scalp edema (usually a later sign)

Flashcard 5: _____ classification is used for diagnosing HELLP syndrome.

Answer: Mississippi

Flashcard 6: In reverse end-diastolic flow, it is reasonable to terminate the pregnancy _____

Answer: immediately

Flashcard 7: _____ -coagulable states are often complicated by recurrent pregnancy loss (women)

Answer: Hyper

Flashcard 8: Absent end-diastolic flow (waves just touch the baseline, don't appear below it) requires termination of pregnancy _____

Answer: at 34 weeks of gestation.

Flashcard 9: The _____ test is used to detect fetal-maternal hemorrhage (fetal RBCs in maternal blood), which can occur in placental abruption.

Answer: Kleihauer-Betke

Flashcard 10: The following is a _____chorionic _____amniotic placenta

Answer: mono