GTPAL
What is gravida, term, preterm, abortions, live births
The amount of time between the start of one contraction and the start of the next contraction
What is frequency?
This hypertension complication is diagnosed prior to the 20th week of gestation.
What is chronic hypertension
This complication is diagnosed when the fetal head begins to retract into the maternal perineum once it has delivered
What is a shoulder dystocia
This baseline change occurs when normal fetal movement happens
What is an acceleration
This OB complication is diagnosed after 20 weeks gestation and includes HTN and proteinuria
What is Preeclampsia
This is the priority intervention during late or variable decelerations
What is "flip" the patient to a new position
The medical term for "water breaking".
This OB complication can occur when amniotic fluid enters the maternal blood stream at delivery
What is anaphylactoid syndrome of pregnancy (amniotic fluid embolism)
These two maneuvers are used to relieve a shoulder dystocia
What are McRobert's maneuver and suprapubic pressure
This cause produces late decelerations in the FHR tracing
What is placental insufficiency
AROM
What is artificial rupture of membranes
Visualization of the head exiting the birth canal is known as.
What is crowning?
Seizures indicate the progression of this complication from its pre-cursor
What is eclampsia?
This type of deceleration can happen when the infant has a nuchal cord that is too tight
What is a variable decel
HELLP
Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets
Measurement (in cm) necessary to meet full dilation of the cervix.
What is 10cm?
A rare complication that can occur, after a hemorrhage, where the maternal clotting system has exhausted its coagulation factors.
What is disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
When the baby's head is too big to pass through the maternal pelvis
What is Cephalopelvic disproportion?
**This FHR pattern occurs when due to fetal anemia in utero and is the worst FHR pattern. It is a category III tracing
What is a sinusoidal pattern