The Mom
The Baby
Pharmacology
High Risk
Potpourri
100

The funny-shaped thing that has the baby in it

What is the uterus?

100

Normal range for FHR

What is 110-160 bpm?

100

A synthetic prostaglandin. It acts by binding to prostaglandin E2 receptors causing myometrial contraction

What is carboprost or Hemabate or 15-methyl-PGF2α?

100

The leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths in the US

What is depression (suicide)?

100

A prolonged infusion of oxytocin is most likely to produce a clinically significant decrease in this electrolyte

What is sodium?

200

The P50 of maternal hemoglobin

What is 30 mmHg?


200

"Nobody puts Baby in a corner" is from what phenomenal film?

Dirty Dancing

200

This is the antidote for magnesium toxicity


Calcium gluconate 1 g IV push over 3 minutes OR calcium chloride 10% 500 mg over 5-10 min

200

These are the three prominent changes in the CV system in pregnancy


What are 1) decreased SVR, 2) increased SV/CO, and 3) increased HR?

200

This system is the mechanism for the increase in maternal blood volume during pregnancy

What is sodium retention via renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system?

300

The normal Cr range in pregnancy

What is 0.4 to 0.8 mg/dL?

300

The uteroplacental blood flow at term in ml/min

What is 700ml/min?

300

Clonidine functions as a sympatholytic by this mechanism (name specific receptor, neurotransmitter, and action)

What is stimulating presynaptic α2-receptors leading to decreased release of norepinephrine at both central and peripheral adrenergic terminals

300

These are the four categories of HTN in pregnancy.

What are 1) cHTN, 2) gHTN, 3) PEC/eclampsia/HELLP, and 4) siPEC?

300

In the setting of LAST, this is the dose of Intralipid administration

What is 1.5-4ml/kg bolus and 0.25-0.50 mg/kg/min infusion?

400

These are the hematologic factors that are decreased in pregnancy

XI, XIII, and Protein S decline

400

This is the associated cause of this fetal heart tracing


What is (utero)placental insufficiency? 

400

This drug causes smooth muscle relaxation in the uterus via release of nitric oxide

What is nitroglycerin?

400

This is the week gestation that delineates chronic hypertension versus gestational hypertension

What is 20 weeks?

400

This nerve block can be used for pain relief in the 1st stage of labor

What is a paracervical block?

500

FEV1, FEV1/FVC, flow volume loops, and closing capacity are all changed in this direction in pregnancy

What is unchanged?

500

Fetal blood flow is characterized by these three anatomic communications between the left and right circulations

What are the ductus venosus, the foramen ovale, and ductus arteriosus

500

This drug causes uterine relaxation by beta-2 receptor stimulation

What is terbutaline?

500

These are the symptoms for a diagnosis of PEC

What are 1) cerebral or visual sx (new-onset HA, blurred vision, flashing lights or sparks, scotomata), 2) pulmonary edema, 3) liver transaminases ≥ 2x the upper limit of normal, 4) Cr >1.1 mg/dL or a doubling of sCr, 5) proteinuria ≥ 0.3 g/24-hrs or P/Cr ratio ≥ 0.3 (mg/dL) or 2+ on UA dipstick, 6) platelet count <100,000/microL

500

This is the waiting period before you can proceed with NB in a parturient on UFH low dose (5K BID or TID)

What is there is no wait and you can place immediately?

600

This system is the last to return to its pre-pregnancy state

What is the renal or GU system?

600

Fetal hemoglobin has a greater O2 affinity than adult hemoglobin owing to a decreased interaction between hemoglobin F and this molecule


What is 2,3-DPG?

600

This is the site of action for opioids administered in the intrathecal space (name receptor and location)

What is mu receptors in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, in the substantia gelatinosa?

600

This is the beginning stages in the pathophysiology of PEC

What is abnormal remodeling of the spiral arteries?

600

The structure labeled #2


What is the ligamentum flavum?

700

DAILY DOUBLE

In a preoxygenated 80 kg woman – this is the time to desaturation if you assume O2 consumption is 10ml/kg/min (hint: the FRC in pregnancy is 20 ml/kg)

700

The APGAR score for the following newborn: some flexion of the arms/legs, weak cry after suctioning, slow and irregular respirations, HR 110, pallor all over body and extremities

What is APGAR 5?


700

In non-laboring women undergoing CD, this is the ED90 of oxytocin that has been determined to be sufficient in producing adequate uterine contractions


What is 0.35 IU?

Butwick AJ et al. Minimum effective bolus dose of oxytocin during elective Caesarean delivery. Br J Anaesth. 2010 Mar;104(3):338-43

700

This is the first line medication treatment for eclampsia


What is magnesium sulfate 4-6 g IV loading dose over 15-20 min followed by a 2 g/hr maintenance?

700

This is the year of the first reported use of neuraxial anesthesia in obstetrics by Dr. Oskar Kriese in Germany.

What is 1900?

800

Normal blood gas parameters in a parturient

What is 7.40-7.45/30/100-107/18-20?

800

The targeted preductal SpO2 one minute after birth

What is 60-65%

800

For treatment of asymptomatic supraventricular tachycardia, when vagal maneuvers fail, this is the preferred first-line agent for treatment

What is adenosine?


800

These are the drugs you can use to blunt the sympathetic response to DL that can be used with a pregnant patient with HTN. 

What are 1) remifentanil, 2) fentanyl, 3) lidocaine, 4) labetalol, 5) esmolol, 6) nitroglycerin, 7) nicardipine

800

FINAL JEOPARDY

In a preoxygenated 80 kg woman – this is the time to desaturation if you assume O2 consumption is 10ml/kg/min (hint: the FRC in pregnancy is 20 ml/kg)