Patient education topics — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Should you screen universally for substance abuse in pregnant patients?_____

Answer: Yes

Flashcard 2: Supine hypotension syndrome occurs when a pregnant woman lies on her back, and is due to the gravid uterus compressing the _____

Answer: inferior vena cava

Flashcard 3: What is the result of pregnancy on a T3 resin uptake test?_____

Answer: Resin uptake is decreased

Flashcard 4: What is most commonly the effect of teratogens during the first two weeks of gestation?_____

Answer: spontaneous abortion

Flashcard 5: When grading a females obstetrical status using GTPAL, what does P represent?_____

Answer: pre-term deliveries (the total # of deliveries after 20 weeks, but before 37 weeks)

Flashcard 6: During pregnancy, there is a _____-fold increase in estradiol and estrone

Answer: 100

Flashcard 7: _____ and progesterone are both used for HRT in post-menopausal women (with an intact uterus) to avoid an increased risk of endometrial cancer.

Answer: Estrogen

Flashcard 8: Define spermatocele.

Answer: Cystic dilation of the epididymal duct containing sperm.

Extra: Clinical features: Typically presents as a painless, transilluminating mass superior to the testicle. Unlike a hydrocele, a spermatocele is distinct from the testis.

Flashcard 9: The umbilical vein carries _____ blood from the _____ to the _____.

Answer: oxygenated

Flashcard 10: There are _____ umbilical arteries and 1 umbilical vein in a normal umbilical cord.

Answer: 2