Labor Complications — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: What is the most common cause of tubal-factor infertility? _____

Answer: Pelvic inflammatory disease

Flashcard 22: Common causes of chronic endometritis include retained products of conception, chronic _____ (e.g. from long-standing chlamydia), IUD, and TB

Answer: pelvic inflammatory disease

Flashcard 23: Which pituitary hormone is useful for stimulating labor via the induction of uterine contractions? _____

Answer: Oxytocin

Flashcard 24: What might be the underlying cause of severe pelvic pain in a premenopausal female with a mature cystic teratoma? _____

Answer: Ovarian torsion

Flashcard 25: What pathology can result in individuals with recent abortion that develop fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge? _____

Answer: Septic abortion

Flashcard 26: Choriocarcinoma that arises from _____ has a(n) very good response to chemotherapy

Answer: gestation

Flashcard 27: _____ tumors are the second most common class of ovarian tumor (15%)

Answer: Germ cell

Extra: * Includes cystic teratomas, dysgerminomas, and yolk sac tumors

Flashcard 28: Injury to the levator ani muscles results in urethral hypermobility and can result in prolapse of the anterior vaginal wall and the _____

Answer: bladder

Flashcard 29: During pregnancy, the size of the pituitary gland _____, but blood supply does not increase significantly

Answer: doubles

Flashcard 30: Septic abortion is commonly caused by _____, E. coli (gram negatives), and S. agalactiae

Answer: S. aureus