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MEDS
Physiology
Labs
Nursing Care
Potpourri
100
A uterotonic medication used "off label"
What is Cytotec (Misoprostyl)
100
State of the pregnant body that accommodates for blood loss at delivery.
What is hypercoagulable?
100
Complete blood count
What does CBC stand for?
100
Primary intervention when a postpartum uterus is boggy and there's heavy vaginal bleeding
What is fundal massage?
100
500 ml
What is the amount of blood loss in a vaginal delivery considered to be postpartum hemorrhage?
200
A uterotonic you wouldn't give to a patient with hypertension.
What is Methergine
200
CBC, PT, PTT, FSP, Fibrinogen
What labs are drawn in DIC?
200
An accurate method of defining the amount of blood loss during hemorrhage.
What is QBL (quantifying blood loss)?
200
Estimated blood loss, an inaccurate method of assessing the amount of blood lost.
What is EBL?
300
A uterotonic that causes rhythmic uterine contractions
What is oxytocin (Pitocin)
300
Causes the uterus to be displaced and may contribute to increased lochia flow.
What is a full bladder
300
The patient doing this after delivery helps the uterus to contract.
What is breast feed?
300
The uterus has lost it's contractility and remains relaxed, resulting in heavy bleeding.
What is uterine atony?
400
A uterotonic not used on patients with a history of asthma.
What is Hemabate?
400
Can result in hemorrhage not due to uterine atony.
What is laceration?
400
Approximate percentage of increase in circulating blood volume at term.
What is 25%?
500
Crystalloid solution used for blood transfusions.
What is Normal Saline?
500
Intractable bleeding with consumption of clotting factors faster than the liver can manufacture more.
What is Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation?