ch 34 test

Question 1

What causes the amemia seen with sickle cell disease?

Answer 1

premature rupture of red blood cells

Question 2

Which maternal bacterial infection raises the risk of fetal hydrops?

Answer 2

syphilis

Question 3

When does Rh isoimmunization occur?

Answer 3

At birth

Question 4

Immune fetal hydrops includes which of the following fetal findings?

Answer 4

Pericardial fluid

Question 5

Which placental problem coexists with maternal preeclampsia?

Answer 5

Infarcts

Question 6

Which of the following indicates the onset of eclampsia?

Answer 6

seizures

Question 7

Which of the following is the most common maternal disorder?

Answer 7

Diabetes mellitus

Question 8

A Rh-negative mother and a Rh-positive fetus can result in which of the following?

Answer 8

fetal hydrops

Question 9

PROM, toxemia, IUGR, sickle cell disease and diabetes mellitus result in a ________ indicating increased vascular resistance.

Answer 9

high S/D ratio

Question 10

A maternal infection occurring before conception:

Answer 10

May adversely affect the fetus

Question 11

Maternal infections passed to the fetus are usually via the:

Answer 11

genital tract and circulatory system

Question 12

A rare viral infection that is linked to stillbirth, low infant birth weight, congenital heart anomalies and microphthalmia is:

Answer 12

EBV

Question 13

Choose a bacterial infection that is seen during pregnancy and known to cause fetal prematurity, prolonged rupture of fetal membranes, sepsis and IUGR

Answer 13

Ghonorrhea

Question 14

A maternal infectious disease that promotes placental insufficiency, causing IUGR, low birth weight, abortion and stillbirth is:

Answer 14

Maternal malaria

Question 15

The fetal barrier that usually protects fetuses from toxoplasmosis is most effective:

Answer 15

during early pregnancy

Question 16

Fetal malformations occurring in the first trimester which consist of cataracts, cardiac defects, and deafness are caused by:

Answer 16

3 day measels

Question 17

A glucose tolerance test:

Answer 17

is usually performed between 24 and 18 weeks

Question 18

Isoimmunized pregnancies can result in all except:

Answer 18

rh factor

Question 19

Select the maternal disease that is least likely to affect a fetus’s heart.

Answer 19

thalassemia

Question 20

The C in TORCH stands for __

Answer 20

cytomegalovirus

Question 21

Maternal hypertension _________________ uteroplacental blood flow

Answer 21

decreases

Question 22

_____ of pregnancy is a third trimester disease characterized by maternal edema, hypertension, proteinuria and central nervous system irritability.

Answer 22

toxemia

Question 23

Maternal malaria promotes placental _______________________ causing IUGR, low birth weight, aortion adn stillbirth.

Answer 23

insufficiency

Question 24

Fetal _____________, a diagnostic test, helps detect heart abnormalities in patients exposed to CMV and rubella.

Answer 24

echocardiography

Question 25

Cesarean section delivery is indicated in the event of ________________ virus in the maternal genital tract.

Answer 25

herpes simplex

Question 26

Congenital malformation seen with diabetes are related to high blood sugar levels resulting in disruption of embryonic ___________________

Answer 26

organogenesis

Question 27

Rh isoimmunization refers to the developement of maternal _______________ to the surface antigens on fetal red blood cells

Answer 27

antibodies

Question 28

Rigid irregularily shaped blood cells that occur mostly in African Americans in the United States is a cause of _

Answer 28

sickle cell disease

Question 29

Ingestion of raw meat, contaminated water, and contact with feline feces is advised against for the obstetrical patient owing to the risk of acquiring_____

Answer 29

toxoplasmosis

Question 30

Mosquito-borne single-stranded RNA virus related to the dengue virus is _

Answer 30

zika virus

Question 31

Parasitic infection transmitted to humans from undercooked meat or contact with cat feces is___

Answer 31

toxoplasmosis

Question 32

Contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting 3 or 4 days is __

Answer 32

rubella

Question 33

Any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunologic systems is___

Answer 33

cytomegalovirus

Question 34

A condition in which women without previously diagnosed diabetes exhibit high blood glucose levels during pregnancy is known as___________________ diabetes

Answer 34

gestational

Question 35

The development of immunities to Rh-positve blood antigens from a fetus by an Rh negative woman is called _______

Answer 35

rh insufficiency

Question 36

Inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin is __

Answer 36

thalassemias

Question 37

Estimated fetal weight < 10th percentile for the gestational age is known as __

Answer 37

Fetal growth restriction

Question 38

Of the patients diagnosed with preeclampsia, 2% to 12% are affected by the ____________________ syndrome.

Answer 38

HELLP

Question 39

Hyperthyroidism produces throxine that causes a significant increase of __________________ birth weight infants

Answer 39

low