Pregnancy Medicine — Flashcards
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Pre-eclampsia consequences include _____
Hint: liver biomarker
Advise pregnant woman BMI >30 to take _____ of folic acid OD starting at least one month before conception and until the end of the first trimester
_____ is associated with a lower ↓ risk of hyperemesis gravidarum
Hyperemesis gravidarum presents with a pre-pregnancy weight change of at least _____
HELLP syndrome is characterised by _____, Elevated Liver Enzymes, and Low Platelets
_____ hypertension = new-onset hypertension presenting after 20 weeks of gestation without significant proteinuria or other features of pre-eclampsia Pre-eclampsia = new-onset hypertension presenting after 20 weeks of gestation with significant proteinuria or other end-organ dysfunction
"Morning sickness" is now called _____
During pregnancy, blood pressure typically _____ during first & second trimesters of pregnancy
Hint: decreases/increases
Obese women (BMI ≥ 30) should be screened for gestational diabetes at the _____ and, if negative, repeated at 24-28 weeks.
HELLP syndrome is a severe variant of _____
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