Weight Gain/loss During/after Pregnancy
Condition assoc w/ sig greater risks for GHTN, preeclampsia,GDM, macrosomia, cesarean delivery
What is Obesity?
Studies performed after the Dutch Hunger Winter revealed birthweight can be significantly influenced by starvation during later pregnancy, but this rate is not.
What is the perinatal mortality rate?
This amount of Vitamin B9 is recommended during pregnancy (per the IOM).
What is 400-800micrograms? (600mcg per table)
Most diets contain all RDA requirements needed during pregnancy except for these minerals and vitamins.
What are Iron, Iodine, Vitamin B9 (folate), and Vitamin D
This amount of Alcohol is safe during pregnancy.
What is "none" or "no amount of alcohol is safe?"
Irrefutable evidence found that maternal weight gain during pregnancy influences this.
What is Birthweight?
A comprehensive study performed after the Dutch Hunger Winter revealed this about severe dietary deprivation and mental performance.
What are no detectable effects on subsequent mental performance?
A woman should increase her daily caloric intake by this amount during pregnancy each day during each trimester.
What is approximately 0kcal in 1st Trimester, 300 kcal in 2nd Trimester, and 450kcal in the 3rd Trimester?
For a patient with a h/o a child with anencephaly, she should take this amount of Folate daily during early pregnancy.
What is 4 grams per day?
These type of seafood may contain unsafe levels of Methylmercury for consumption during pregnancy.
What are shark, swordfish, king mackerel, big eye tuna, and tile fish?
Per table for pregnancy weight gain, a pt w/ BMI=50 would be advised to gain this amount during pregnancy.
What is 11-20 pounds?
Early pregnancy dietary deprivation can result in this in female as opposed to male fetuses upon reaching adulthood.
What is Obesity in women?
Sources such as meat, milk, eggs, cheese, poultry, and fish provide what for the developing fetus?
What is protein?
This vitamin, when taken in doses exceeding 10,000IU/d can cause conotruncal cardiac defects, micrognathia, or thymus hypoplasia to the developing fetus.
What is Vitamin A (Retinol)?
Caffeine in excess of this amount per day can potentially increase risk for miscarriage.
What is 500mg or 5 cups of coffee per day?
Women w/ the greatest risk for delivering a low birthweight and/or preterm infant had weight gain less than this amount.
What is 16 pounds?
Starvation at this point in the pregnancy leads to higher incidence of later HTN, Asthma, dyslipidemia, diminished glucose tolerance, & CAD
What is mid to late pregnancy?
Due to increased need for iron during pregnancy for both the fetus and expansion of the maternal blood volume, this amount of Fe is recommended daily.
What is 27mg of elemental iron?
These vitamins may be deficient in patients with Vegetarian or Vegan diets.
What are Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D?
This vitamin in combination with Doxylamine can aide in nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.
What is Vitamin B6?
The amount of weight most women lose at time of delivery.
What is ~12 pounds?
Dietary deprivation observations leading to the concept of "fetal programming" by which adult morbidity and mortality are related to fetal health is widely known as this.
What is "The Barker Hypothesis?"
Severe Iodine deficiency during pregnancy can lead to this disorder characterized by multiple severe neurological defects.
What is cretinism?
In patients with history of Asthma, ingestion of this Vitamin may decrease risk of Asthma in her newborn.
What is Vitamin D?
A patient reports she is eating laundry detergent, ice, and dust off of cars in the parking lot at clinic. She suffers from this disorder and may need a check of this serum level.
What is Pica and check of serum Iron level?