Obstetrics and Neonatology Flashcards
Name the term for thinning and shortening of the cervix during labour (starts with E)
Effacement
Name the term for a pregnant woman’s first perception of fetal movement (starts with Q)
Quickening
Name the term for a lack of amniotic fluid (1 word but long and it starts with O)
Oligohydramnios
When the fetal occiput is located in the posterior section of the maternal pelvis and unable to descend? (clue the acronym of the name is POP)
Persistent occipito posterior (POP)
The term for excessive bleeding during delivery? (2 words)
Intrapartum haemorrhage
Name the yellowish fluid secreted by the mammary gland during pregnancy and for the first two to three days after delivery?
Colostrum
Name a blood disorder which is caused by blood group incompatibility? (acronym HDN but 5 words)
Haemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN), there are 2 other names too but I haven’t included them
Congenital deformity with the absence or shunting of extremities?
Phocomelia
When the placenta remains attached to the uterine wall after delivery? (2 words)
Placenta accreta
An incision into the perineum to aid delivery and prevent laceration?
Episiotomy
Name the term for difficult or abnormal labour or childbirth due to maternal, fetal or placental origins?
Dystocia
Name the term for painless contractions of the uterus throughout gestation?
Braxton-Hicks contractions
Name the term for excessive amounts of amniotic fluid?
Polyhydramnios
Name the term for loss of blood from the genital tract in the antenatal period, after 20 weeks gestation until the onset of labour? (2 words)
Antepartum haemorrhage (APH)
Name the term for infection of the genital tract in the puerperal period? (2 words)
Puerperal infection
