Feelings to Fear
Deadly risk
Best tests
Stop the bleeding!
100
Results in painless bleeding with a soft uterus
What is placenta previa
100
Risk factors include hypertension and cocaine use
What is abruptio placenta
100
Ultrasound examination is essential in diagnosis
What is placenta previa
100
Describe the first early management steps in any case of antepartum hemorrhage
What is >Ask for help >Vitals >IV fluids >Oxygen >Bloods tests >Continuous EFM >ABC
200
List (in order from most common to least common) the three common symptoms of placental abruption
What is vaginal bleeding (80%), abdo pain/tenderness/firmness (70%) and uterine contractions (35%). Plus or minus fetal distress
200
Previous C-section, Non-vertex presentation and multiparity are risk factors for both of these
What is placenta previa and uterine rupture
200
May result in a increasing fundal height on physical examination
What is abruption
200
In the management of vasa previa, this is the gestational age at which one should consider advising mum to be admitted to hospital.
What is 30-32 weeks gestation
300
A complication of placenta previa, where the placenta penetrates the entire myometrium and into the uterine serosa
What is placenta percreta
300
The term to describe blood penetrating all the way through the myometrium to the peritoneal cavity.
What is Couvelaire uterus
300
Are the name of at least 3 tests that can be done to diagnosis vasa previa antenatally.
What is 1) Palpation of vessels by digital exam 2) Ultrasound / Doppler 3) Identification of fetal blood in vaginal blood 4) MRI 5) Amnioscopy
300
The distance away from the Os at which it is safe to deliver vaginally in a case of placenta previa
What is >2cm
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