Maternal-Fetal Medicine — Flashcards

_____ blood flows into the lacunar spaces of the syncytiotrophoblast as early as the 11th-12th day of pregnancy

The _____:sphingomyelin ratio in amniotic fluid is used to screen for lung maturity

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

Protocol for Rh isoimmunization: If the blood group of the husband is Rh-positive and the maternal ICT is negative, there is no _____; prevention is achieved by giving anti-D prophylaxis at 28 weeks.

Spontaneous abortion is most often due to _____ anomalies, especially trisomy 16

In a patient of cardiac disease, Heparin (unfractionated or LMWH) is restarted _____ hours after vaginal delivery and 24 hours after cesarean section.

If period of gestation is less than 32 weeks, REDF is managed by giving _____ for fetal lung maturity along with MgSO4

Pregnant women taking _____ have a 1-2% risk of delivering a baby with spina bifida.

Hint: anti-epileptic

Placental abruption typically presents with abrupt, _____ third trimester bleeding

How does coagulability change during pregnancy? _____