Group B streptococcus screening — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Pap smears are used to detect _____ before it becomes carcinoma

Answer: cervical dysplasia (CIN)

Flashcard 2: Culture of the mother's vagina at _____ of pregnancy (time)is done to ensure Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) has not colonized

Answer: 35 wks

Flashcard 3: In female infertility testing; levels of _____ are the best to determine ovarian reserve

Answer: anti mullerian hormone (MIF)

Flashcard 4: When performing a maternal serum quadruple screen, accurate estimation of _____ is very important to determine whether levels of analytes are abnormal

Answer: gestational age

Flashcard 5: The inability to detect _____ defects is a downside of chorionic villus sampling when compared to amniocentesis

Answer: neural tube

Flashcard 6: What is the gold standard procedure for screening for Cervical Carcinoma?_____

Answer: Pap Smear

Flashcard 7: cervical dysplasia/squamous cell carcinoma

Answer: HPV 16, 18

Extra: koilocytes (enlarged, hyperchromatic epithelial cells) on Pap smear. (normal left, abnormal right) multiple sexual partners, smoking, early age of firts intercourse, HIV infectionmay progress to invasive carcinoma

Flashcard 8: Worldwide, _____ cancer is the most common gynecologic tumor.

Answer: cervical

Flashcard 9: secondary prevention (epidemiology)

Answer: early detection (e.g. Pap smear)

Flashcard 10: Ovarian surface epithelial tumors typically present _____ and therefore have _____ prognosis

Answer: late

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