History and examination

Question 1

What are the components of an obstetrics history?

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Question 2

What information is it important to obtain in a history of presenting complaint?

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Question 3

What is it important to ask in menstrual history?

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Question 4

What is it important to ask in an obstetrics history?

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Question 5

What is the difference between grava and para?

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Question 6

What do you look for on inspection of the pregnancy abdomen?

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Question 7

What doe you look for on inspection of the head and neck in an abdominal examination of pregnancy?

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Question 8

What is chloasma?

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Question 9

What does the term gravid uterus mean?

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Question 10

When you position a lady for an abdominal examination what degree must she be angled at and why?

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Question 11

What are you looking for in the legs and feet in an examination of a pregnancy woman?

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Question 12

When you are measuring the fundal-symphysis height what landmarks do you use? What is it important to do with regards to the tape measure?

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It should be a blind measure so you should turn the centimetres towards the abdomen

Question 13

What are the 4 Leopold’s manoeuvres?
Why are they done?
When are they done?

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Question 14

When someone refers to the position of the baby within the pelvis what does this mean?

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