Autoimmune disorders in pregnancy — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Maternal ITP may cause short-lived thrombocytopenia in offspring since _____ can cross the placenta

Answer: anti-platelet IgG

Flashcard 2: Women who are in the _____ period are at particularly high risk of developing myasthenia gravis

Answer: postpartum

Flashcard 3: Spontaneous abortion is more common in patients in a _____ state, such as those with antiphospholipid syndrome

Answer: hypercoaguable

Flashcard 4: A pregnant patient with an abrupt onset of extremely pruritic and urticarial papules and blisters most likely has _____

Answer: pemphigoid gestationis

Flashcard 5: CMV can result in _____, which commonly leads to spontaneous abortion

Answer: hydrops fetalis

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Flashcard 6: What is the treatment for preeclampsia or eclampsia to prevent seizures?_____

Answer: IV magnesium sulfate

Flashcard 7: What volume defines oligohydramnios?

Answer: <0.5 L amniotic fluid

Flashcard 8: congenital syphilis

Answer: prenatal exposure to T. pallidum

Extra: in infant: saber shins, saddle nose, mulberry molars, notched incisors

Flashcard 9: combined estrogen/progestin

Answer:

Extra: contraceptionsmokers > 35 y/o, hx DVT, stroke, ER+ cancerin combination prevents ovulation thrombosis

Flashcard 10: GYN tumor incidence in US: _____ > _____ > _____

Answer: endometrial