Integration day stuff Flashcards

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Pregnancy checks

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Blood pressure
FBC
Rhesus D status and antibody screen
Haemoglobinopathies
Ultrasound
Oral glucose in high risk groups

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Pregnancy checks

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Blood pressure
FBC
Urinalysis
Rhesus D status and antibody screen
Haemoglobinopathies
Ultrasound
Oral glucose in high risk groups

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2
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Ultrasound checks for baby

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Viability - 6 weeks
Dating
Combined screening
all done before 14 weeks

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3
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What is combined screening used for?

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Chromosomal abnormalities - nuccal thickness
95% accurate

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4
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Risk assessment when use

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Vulnerbale mothers
Risk to self or others
MDT meeting - holistiic, shared decision making

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5
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What can sertraine cause in baby?

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Persistent pulmonary hypertension
Withdrawal in baby

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6
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High risk mental health refer in pregnancy

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Bipolar
Schizophrenia
Fmaily history of these esp related to pregnancy

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Post natal risk factors that increase mental health

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Lack of sleep
Stress of new responsibility
Physiological changes
Social isolation from normal life/routine

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8
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What medications for mental health are safe in pregnancy?

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None - transplacental transfer
Breast feeding - if dont then withdrawal

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9
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Contraindicated mental health medications in pregnancy

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Sodium valproate

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10
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Conditions for taking soidum valproate

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Long term refractory bipolar
Long term contraception in place
Yearly check ups

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11
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Slight contraindication in pregnancy mental health

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Lithium
Carbamazipine
New generation antipsychotics

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12
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What thoughts can be normal and not qualify as a depressive episode?

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Suicidal, harming the baby
Low self esteem

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What mental health condition can often occur after pregnancy and pose risk to baby and mother?

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Depression and psychosis

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14
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What is quite safe in pregnancy?

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ECT
SSRIs

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14
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What is quite safe in pregnancy?

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ECT
SSRIs

15
Q

MSE

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Appearance
S
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Perecption
Thoughts
Insight
Cognition

15
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MSE

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Appearance
Speech
Emotions
Perecption
Thoughts
Insight
Cognitione

16
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Postpartum psychosis

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Restless - pacing etc
Hallucinations/delusions

17
Q

Where do mothers with significant mental health problems to?

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Mother and baby units

18
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Target for referral for new mother mental health issue

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2-4 weeks

19
Q

Signs of domestic abuse in pregnancy

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Multiple DNAs
Late presentation
Multiple presentations with vague symptoms and no findings
Demeanour

20
Q

When do you have to refer for safeguarding?

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Pregnancy or child involved
Risk of public harm eg violence, STI and not getting treatment, driving
When women involved on own get consent, if none then still alert

21
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What can tocophobia lead to?

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Intense dread of children that can lead to:
Women avoiding pregnancy
Terminating an otherwise wanted pregnancy
Demanding a C section in fist or subsequent pregnancies

22
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Impact of tocophobia

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May decrease chance of uncomplicated vaginal delivery
May preduct postntala depression
Psychological input beneficial - counselling/CBT
Elective X section

23
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What is primary tocophobia?

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Nulliparous women
Transmission of fear of childbirth over generations
History of sexual assault or traumatic gynaecological examination

24
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What is secondary tocophobia

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Following prev traumatic delivery
Occurs with depressive illness, anxiety or PTSD

25
Q

What website to use for teratogenic drug check?

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BUMPs - Best use of medicines in pregnancy

26
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What can sodium valproate cause in a foetus?

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Foetal Valproate Syndrome - FVS

27
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What does foetal valproate syndrome cause?

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Birth defects
Lifelong alterations to learning and behaviour
Ranges from mild to serious

28
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Birth defects linked to exposure to sodium valproate in the womb

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spina bifida, heart defects, cleft lip and palate, hypospadias (where the hole in the penis is in the wrong place), and abnormalities of the finger
ASD, ADHD

29
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When is most risky time to take teratogenic drug in prengnanxy?

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First 12 weeks - internal organs form
Any stagenfor neurological comps incl learning and behavioural chages

30
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Can you cannulate pregnant women in emergency situations with severe needle phobia?

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Yes - deemed not to have capacity as needle phobia dominating thinking - amounts to involuntary compulsion therefore should not be prevented from safe delivery because of this. Most of the time patient is too unwell to consent anyway.