Maternity 1
This term is used to describe a pregnancy loss or termination prior to the fetus being viable.
What is an abortion?
This is the "mother's sensation of fetal movement"?
What is quickening?
This supplement is usually prescribed to pregnant women to prevent anemia.
What is iron?
A malignant disease of the bone marrow and lymphatic system.
What is Leukemia?
Considered a child’s “work”; the universal language
What is play?
This term refers to the number of pregnancies that have gone past 20 or more weeks, regardless of whether the infant was born alive or stillborn.
What is para?
This is considered normal blood loss for a cesarean section.
What is 1000 mL?
This is a normal fetal heart rate.
What is 110-160?
This condition is seen as a defect in the spinal column.
What is spina bifida?
This is a general respiratory term characterized by a resonant cough described as “barking” or “brassy”.
What is Croup?
This term defines the implantation of a fertilized ovum outside of the uterus.
What is an ectopic pregnancy?
This is the premature separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus where bleeding occurs between the uterine wall and the placenta.
What is Abruptio placentae?
This occurs when the placenta is implanted near the opening of the cervix. As the pregnancy nears term and the cervix begins to dilate, bleeding occurs because the placenta is becoming detached from the uterus.
What is placenta previa?
Definitive diagnostic test for meningitis
What is lumbar puncture?
This is the incomplete fusion of the palates during intrauterine life
What is cleft palate?
This medication is given to the mother to accelerate fetal lung maturity.
What is Betamethasone?
The woman should take this supplement each day to lower the risk of fetal defects of the brain and spine
What is Folic Acid?
This IM medication is given to promote blood clotting in infants.
What is Vitamin K?
Sign of Meningitis that produces pain with knee extension.
What is Kernig's sign?
Initial treatment for intussusception.
Air enema
What is Oligohydramnios?
This fetal heart rate tracing is indicative of uteroplacental insufficiency during fetal monitoring.
What is a late deceleration?
Antidote for magnesium sulfate toxicity.
What is Calcium gluconate?
This medication is a possible cause of Reye's syndrome.
What are salicylates (Aspirin)?
This is a congenital heart defect with an abnormal opening between the atria, allowing blood from the left atrium to flow into the right atrium.
What is an Atrial Septal Defect?
This term is used to describe the discoloration on the forehead, cheeks, and bridge of the nose. Also known as the mask of pregnancy
What is Melasma?
This is when a provider performs an artificial rupture of membranes
What is an amniotomy?
This medication is contraindicated in hypertensive patients for postpartum hemorrhage.
What is methylergonovine (Methergine)?
Disease spreads by contact with secretions from the saliva of an infected person.
What is Epstein-Barr Virus/mononucleosis?
This disorder can be diagnosed with a Sweat Chloride Test.
What is Cystic Fibrosis?
This infection in pregnancy can be transmitted via raw meat and cat feces.
What is toxoplasmosis?
This term is the earliest sign of pregnancy that causes bluish-purple discoloration of the cervix.
What is Chadwick’s sign?
This medication is given for an intact ectopic pregnancy. It is also a folic acid antagonist.
What is Methotrexate?
This congenital heart condition is a serious cardiac anomaly of four conditions: overriding aorta, hypertrophy of the right ventricle, ventricular septal defect, and pulmonary stenosis.
What is tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)?
Complex neurodevelopmental disorder with spectrum of behaviors affecting individuals’ ability to communicate and interact with others in social setting
This fetal shunt bypasses the liver and sends oxygenated blood directly to the inferior vena cava
What is Ductus Venosus?
The purpose of this test is to evaluate the well-being of a fetus by observing the fetal response to the stress of contractions.
What is a contraction stress test (CST)?
This is the swelling of soft tissues of the newborn scalp that crosses suture lines.
What is caput succedaneum?
It is an inflammatory disease that can occur after an untreated strep throat infection with group A beta-hemolytic streptococci.
What is rheumatic fever?
This is the inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord and possible cerebral edema often caused by an infectious process.
What is meningitis?