The definitions
The 3 most common medical complication of pregnancy.
What are Gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and chronic essential hypertension?
Proteinuria may or maynot occur. But usually does!
What is preeclampsia
Twins, triplets, quads, etc can be a risk factor for preeclampsia. What is this type of gestation called?
What is multifetal gestation?
This is the test or screening tool to accurately identify preeclampsia.
What is none?
To ensure maternal safety is part of what?
What is one goal of care?
This occurs in 5-10 % of pregnancies
What is hypertensive disorders
These are problems with the infant of a preeclamptic woman. (4)
What is IUGR, decreased oxygenation, placental abruption, or preterm birth.
The type of parity who most often get preeclampsia.
What little pill can help decrease the chances of high risk women getting preeclampsia?
What is low-dose aspirin(81mg)?
For the preeclamptic patient who isn't ready to delivery due to the age of her fetus, this things need to happen for her during intrapartum care.
What are continuous FHR and CTX monitoring, Bed rest with side rails up, darkened environment, subdued environment, and assess for signs of placental abruption?
The onset of hypertension during pregnancy, with no proteinuria or other systemic findings, occurs after week 20.
What is gestational hypertension?
A variant of preeclampsia that involves hepatic dysfunction with characteristics of hemolysis elevated liver enzymes and low platelets is typically given this diagnosis.
What is HELLP syndrome.
African American women are more likly to have this condition.
What is Chronic hypertension?
These antihypertensive medications are used when BP exceeds 160 mmHG or diastolic exceeds 110 mmHG.
What are either hydralazine, Latetalol, or Nifedipine?
this medication is the #1 choice to prevent or treat seizure activity (eclampsia)
What is magnesium sulfate?
This condition in pregnancy occurs after 20 weeks gestation to a previously normotensive woman, pretein can be found in the urine.
What is preeclampsia?
Cerebral edema, cerebral hemorrhage, and central nervous system irritability are these body systems complications. In fact, if things get bad this is where eclampsia comes from.
What are neurologic complications?
What do fathers lend to the problem of preeclampsia?
What are they are twice as likely to father a baby in another pregnancy who is also preeclamptic if they already fathered one baby of a pregnancy which was preeclamptic?
These items should always be assessed during pregnancy-especially to a woman who you suspect could have preeclampsia.
What is HA, epigastric pain, right upper quadrant ABD pain, and visual disturbances?
When inducing a patient who is also receiving magnesium sulfate, what should be considered?
What are an increased amount of time in labor and an increased amount of oxytocin?
This condition could happen in the postpartum period, symptoms may include hypertension, impaired liver function, pulmonary edema, new-onset renal insufficiency.
What is preeclampsia?
This occurs in the placenta and it means a decrease in blood supply to the placenta which is caused by the disease.
What is placental ischemia?
These preexisting health problems may increase a woman's risk to preeclampsia. (2)
What is diabetes and /or thrombophilias?
The current thought on the cause of preeclampsia.
What is a complex interaction of maladaptive cardiovascular & uteroplacental responses to pregnancy? OR what is the placenta is messed up??
Respirations less than 12, absent DTR's, Decreased LOC are all signs of what?
What is Magnesium sulfate toxicity?