Pregnancy Medicine — Flashcards

Pre-eclampsia consequences include _____

Hint: liver biomarker

A pregnant patient 38 weeks gestation who has asthma starts to get a headache and visual disturbances. On urine dipstick there is protein ++ and BP is 158/96 mmHg. What is the management? _____

Hint: 2 steps

What is the first-line pharmacological management of pre-eclampsia? _____

_____ = new hypertension presenting after 20 weeks gestation with significant proteinuria or other end-organ dysfunction

What is the life-saving, final procedure for postpartum haemorrhage if other options are exhausted? _____

The ABCDE approach of postpartum haemorrhage includes commencing _____ infusion + blood products

Hint: solution

What is the MOST common cause of postpartum haemorrhage? _____

AVOID palpating a suspicious pelvic mass in suspected ectopic pregnancy to prevent increasing the risk of _____

Severe pre-eclampsia typically has a BP of ≥ _____/110 mmHg

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is blood loss > _____ml within 24 hours of birth