Fetal Circulation
Vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients from the placenta to the fetus.
What is the umbilical vein?
Condition that causes maternal anemia that impairs placental perfusion and inhibits the transport of nutrition and oxygen to the fetus causing intrauterine growth restriction.
What is Sickle Cell Disease?
Abnormal levels of this in maternal serum can indicate defects in the abdominal wall of the fetus, down syndrome, open neural defects or twins
What is AFP screening?
A test that administers a 50 g of an oral glucose solution and obtains a venous sample 1 hour later to measure glucose levels.
What is an oral glucose tolerance test?
An acronym that outlines the steps of NRP.
What is MR SOPA?
Vessel that carries carbon dioxide and other waste products from the fetus back to the placenta.
What is the umbilical artery?
A severe variation of pre-eclampsia that occurs in the third trimester with hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets.
What is HELLP syndrome?
An invasive procedure that involved taking a small sample of amniotic fluid that surrounds the fetus performed between 15-20 weeks to rule out chromosomal abnormalities.
What is an Amniocentesis?
Any glucose intolerance that begins or is first recognized during pregnancy.
What is Gestational Diabetes?
The first line medication for treating bradycardia in a newborn during resuscitation.
What is Epinephrine?
An abnormal insertion of the umbilical cord into the membranes instead of directly into the placenta.
What is velamentous cord insertion?
Mothers with this condition should make sure to take their prenatal vitamins at least 4 hours after their levothyroxine
What is Hypothyroidism?
A procedure that involved taking a sample of some of the placental tissue performed between 10 and 13 weeks to rule out chromosomal anomalies
What is Chorionic Villus Sampling?
Hypertension and pre-eclampsia, UTIs and birth injuries to maternal tissues.
What are Maternal Risks with GDM
The recommended rate of breaths per minute when providing PPV to a newborn.
What is 40-60 bpm?
Well-oxygenated blood entering the right atrium from the inferior vena cava is shunted by preferential streaming into the left atrium through the..
What is the foramen ovale?
New onset hypertension after 20 weeks gestation with proteinuria, liver or renal impairment, thrombocytopenia, pulmonary edema, visual disturbance and new onset headache.
What is Pre-eclampsia?
A painless noninvasive test that includes a non-stress test, ultrasound to assess amniotic fluid and a fetal health assessment of heart rate, breathing, movement, and muscle tone.
What is a BPP?
Macrosomia, hypoglycemia, polycythemia, birth injury, RDS and hypocalcemia.
What are Fetal/Neonatal Risks with GDM?
Pulse oximeter is placed here at the start of NRP.
What is the right hand?
Fetal blood is shunted from lungs into descending aorta through the..
What is the ductus arteriosus?
A maternal complication with severe and persistent frontal or occipital headache, blurred vision, scotoma, altered mental status, photophobia, and eventually seizures.
What is Eclampsia?
A blood test that looks for baby’s DNA in mother’s blood that can be done as early as 10 weeks and is helpful in determining risk of conditions like Down’s Syndrome.
What is NIPT?
Indicative of insulin that is not sufficiently produced or used effectively.
What is insulin resistance?
The preferred technique for chest compressions.
What is the two thumb technique?