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Flashcard 1: Pregnancy-related infarction of the pituitary gland (Sheehan syndrome) often occurs following _____
Answer: postpartum bleeding
Flashcard 2: What is the most common cause of postpartum hemorrhage?_____
Answer: Uterine atony
Flashcard 3: What are the two major complications of retained placental tissue?
Answer: Postpartum hemorrhage (secondary PPH) and/or Infection (endometritis)
Extra: Retained products of conception (RPOC) prevent effective uterine contraction, leading to delayed or secondary PPH. It also serves as a nidus for infection. Diagnosis is usually by ultrasound/USG. Treatment involves manual removal or suction evacuation.
Flashcard 4: Identify the vascular structures labeled '2' in the context of postpartum hemorrhage management:
Answer: Uterine artery and vein (often ligated during steps of surgical management for PPH, like the O'Leary stitch).
Flashcard 5: What sexual changes are common in elderly women?
Answer: vaginal shortening, thinning, and dryness
Flashcard 6: Placenta accreta often requires _____ after delivery due to attachment of the placenta to the uterus
Answer: hysterectomy
Extra:
* Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus
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Flashcard 7: Acute (lactational) mastitis is associated with _____
Answer: breast feeding
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Flashcard 8: Treatment for acute (lactational) mastitis is _____ plus _____
Answer: continued drainage (e.g. feeding)
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Clogged milk ducts → flu-like symptoms, focal unilateral breast pain with erythema/induration and axillary lymphadenopathy
Flashcard 9: What is the likely diagnosis in a 6-month postpartum woman that presents with irregular vaginal bleeding, an enlarged uterus, and dyspnea with multiple infiltrates on CXR?
_____
Answer: Choriocarcinoma
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Flashcard 10: Severe hemorrhage during pregnancy or after delivery may lead to _____ and/or hypovolemic shock
Answer: DIC
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