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Parity?

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of live births a woman has had

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Gravidity?

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of times a woman has been pregnant, including current pregnancy

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EDD

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Estimated date of delivery

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EDC?

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Estimated date of confinement

Another term for delivery date

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Miscarriage?

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First trimester pregnancy loss, considered an abortion

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When is a threatened abortion suspected?

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First trimester bleeding

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What’s a spontaneous abortion? When does it usually occur?

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Pregnancy loss caused by natural or unanticipated events

Around 8 weeks gestation

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What’s recurrent spontaneous absorption?

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2 consecutive spontaneous abortions or 3 total

Aka habitual abortion

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What’s gestational age based off of? What’s another name for it?

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Date of last menstrual period (LMP), sonogram dating methods are based on this

Aka menstrual age (MA)

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What does GA equal?

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Embryologic (conceptual) age + 2 weeks

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What’s Embryologic age? What’s another name for it?

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Based of time of conception (embryology references use this age)

Aka conceptual age

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How do you get gestational age from embryological age?

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Add 2 weeks to embryological age

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Which age do we use in clinical practice?

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Gestational age

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What does serum pregnancy test?

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Beta subunits of hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin)

Urine pregnancy tests are qualitative -detect the presence of hCG

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What produces hCG?

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Trophoblast if cells that make up the placenta and burrow into the endometrium

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What are the 2 quantitative lab tests to detect the amount of b-hCG in maternal blood?
How are they related?

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  1. Second international standard (2nd IS): 1/2 the value of IRP
  2. International reference preparation (IRP): twice the value of 2nd IS
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What does the discriminary zone of the 2nd IS and IRPean?

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Threshold amount oh hCG at which there should be sonographic evidence

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What’s the discriminatory zone for 2nd IS?

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500-1200 miu/ml for endovaginal imagining

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What’s the discriminatory zone for IRP?

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1000-2000 miu/ml for endovaginal imaging

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How often does hCG double?

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Every 48 hours for the first 6 weeks of a normal pregnancy

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What happens to hCG in ectopic pregnancies?

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Plateaus or rises at a subnormal level

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What happens to hCG with abortions?

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Falls to zero

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What happens to hCG with gestational trophoblastic neoplasia?

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Excessively high levels

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How does an obstetrical wheel work?

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Align arrow to first day of LMP, other arrows points to EDD

Can also align known gestational age to current date to determine LMP or EDD

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What's Naegele's rule?
EDD = LMP - 3 mo + 7 days
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What are some reasons for doing first trimester sonogram?
Vaginal bleeding of unknown cause, suspected ectopic, estimate gestational age for pts undergoing repeat C-section/induced labor/elective pregnancy termination Pelvic mass, suspected uterine abnormality, significant uterine size/clinical date discrepancy Suspected hydatidiform mole, adjunct to amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling (CVS), IUD localization, suspected multiple gestation
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What happens in the gestational/menstrual age week 1-2? | What phase is it?
Proliferative phase FSH stimulates ovarian follicular development Estrogen produced by follicles, stimulates endometrial repair
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What's the sonogram appearance of the early and late Proliferative phase (weeks 1-2 gestational/menstrual age)
Early prolif phase: endometrial double-layer thickness 4-8mm | Late prolif phase (periovulatory) triple endometrial appearance, 6-10 mm
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What happens in the gestational/menstrual age week 3-4? | What phase is it?
Conceptus period Ovulation: approx 14 days post LMP, can vary. Stimulated by LH surge, ovum released into peritoneum and swept into ampullary part of tubes Corpus luteum: LH causes ovarian follicle to form this. MC adnexal mass in 1st trimester. It produces progesterone that peeped and maintains secretory endometrium. Also produces estrogen
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During the conceptus period (gestational/menstrual age week 3-4) what's going on with the endometrium and what's the purpose?
Secretory phase | Endometrial glands secretion is rich in glycogen, source of nutrients for embryo til placenta takes over around week 12
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How does the secretory endometrium look on a sonogram?
Hyperechoic | Thick - 7-14 mm
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What does pregnancy cause in the endometrium? | What's it's purpose?
Decidual reaction Increased endometrial thickness and glandular changes caused by progesterone stimulation Need it for early preg nourishment It occurs during intrauterine and ectopic pregs
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When does fertilization occur in relation to ovulation and LMP? And where
12-24 he after ovulation Day 14-15 LMP Usu occurs in ampulla of tubes
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What's a zygote
Fusion of sperm and ovum creates this two cell zygote
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What the so a pellucida?
Forms around conceptus zygote, prevents other sperm penetrating
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Where do conceptus become a morula and how?
Cells undergo cleavage and develop into a morula while traveling thru tube toward uterus
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What's a morula? What are the individual cells called?
``` 18 cells (cell number doubles but maintains it's size) Individual cells are called blastomeres ```
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When does the morula enter the uterus?
Approx day 17 GA
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What's a blastocyst?
Fluid collects btwn blastomeres of morula, forms fluid filled cyst with clump of cells at one end
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Where is the blastocyst located?
In uterine cavity, floats for about 2 days
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What happens to the cells of the blastocyst? | What will they form?
Organize into inner and outer cell mass Inner cells at one end will become embryo (bilaminar disk), yolk sac and amnion Outer cells: trophoblastic cells, surround the cavity and inner cell mass. Form chorion and placenta
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When does implantation occur?
Days 20-23 LMP | 6-7 days post fertilization.
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What happens to the blastocyst during implantation
Blastocyst sheds zone pellucida to begin implantation | Trophoblasts burrow into decidualized endometrium
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When will preg tests be positive?
When trophoblasts burrow into decidualized endometrium for implantation bc they produce hCG
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Whats the outer membrane of the gestational sac during implantation?
Chorion (trophoblastic cells)
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What's the chorion frondosum?
Early chorionic villi that attach to endometrium, anchoring the placenta and will become fetal side of placenta
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What's the chorion laeve
Part of the chorion not involved in implantation
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What's the decidua basal is
Maternal part of the placental attachment
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What's the decidua capsularis
Layer of the endometrium that heals over the implanted gestational sac
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What's the decidua Vera (parietalis)
Endometrium not in direct contact with the gestational sac | Next to the decidua capsularis, creates a double echogenic rim known as the double decidual sign (DDS)
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When should a double decidual sign (DDS) be seen?
``` Early pregnancy 4-6 weeks Suggests IUP (intrauterine pregnancy) ```
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When does the amnion, yolk sac and primitive chorionic villi develop?
Around day 23-28 LMP
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Where does the amnion form around days 23-28 LMP? | Is it seen on sonogram then?
Btwn bilaminar disk and chorion | Early amnion is not seen well on sonogram, a tiny amnion (2mm) may be seen around week 5.5 gestation
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What's the transient finding of the amnion adjacent to the yolk sac called?
Double-bleb sign
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Where does the amnion first expand to and what's it responsible for?
Surrounds the embryo | Responsible for embryonic folding
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When does the amnion become more apparent on ultrasound? Where will it be seen?
Around week 8 gestation | Surrounds the embryo but not in contact with the chorion
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When does the amniotic membrane fuse with the chorion?
Week 14-16
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What does the amniotic cavity contain?
Amniotic fluid
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When does the primitive yolk sac form? | Is it seen on sonogram?
Day 23 LMP | Not seen
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When does the secondary yolk sac form? | When is it seen on sonogram
Days 27-28 it forms from the primary yolk sac | Visible on sonogram around week 5.5
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What's the first structure to be seen within the gestational sac? What does it confirm?
Secondary yolk sac | Confirms IUP
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What are the 4 fxn of the yolk sac?
1. Transfers nutrients 2. Hematopoiesis (forms blood cells) 3. Angiogenesis 4. Forms digestive tract (dorsal part forms primitive gut)
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What is the yolk sac connected to and where's it located?
Connects to the embryonic midgut by the vitelline duct, it's outside the amniotic cavity
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What's the allantois? | What's it the source for?
Part of the yolk sac incorporated into the umbilical cord | Source of allantoic cysts (umbilical cord cysts)
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In multiple pregs, how many yolk sacs for each amnion?
1/1
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What size should yolk sacs measure? What if it's abnorm?
< 6 mm Measure inner borders Abnormalities are assoc with poor preg outcomes Echogenic or calcified yolk sac is abnormal
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Where does the primitive chorionic villi form?
Around entire chorion
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What's the purpose of the primitive chorionic villi?
Invades the decidua basics of the endometrium, anchoring the placenta Site of transfer of nutrients from maternal to fetal blood

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