paqck Flashcards
What is direct and indirect maternal death?
Direct: Caused by the pregnancy it self (like hemmorage)
Indirect: She had a previous disease that got worse after the pregnancy.
What is maternal mortality?
Death while pregnant or within 42 days of giving birth.
When should a dead or weakend vaccine be given before pregnancy?
weakend: 1 month or more
dead: Anytime before pregnancy
When should a dead or weakend vaccine be given after pregnancy?
Anyvaccine Anytime after pregnancy
What are the medical terminologies?
What is a newborn/ neonate?
Child under 28 days of age (alomst a month)
(neo so new, nate so mate)
What is an infant?
From birth till 12 months of age
What is a toddler?
12 to 36 months
What is a child?
Person under 18
What is infant mortality rate?
Number of deaths within the first year of life for every 1000 live births
What is the maternal mortality formula?
What is infant mortality rate formula?
Infant deaths/ live births *1000
What is the neonatal mortality formula?
No. of dead infants before day 28/ No. of live births *1000
What are the leading causes of neonatal mortality?
Pre term birth
2-Intrapartum-related complications (birth asphyxia or inability to breathe at birth)
infections
birth defects
What is preterm birth?
Delivery before 37 weeks of gestation.
(10 is complete like a term)
What are the two main causes of preterm deaths?
respiratory failure
intraventricular hemorrhage (the gap in the membrane didn’t close)
What are the devices used to measure fetal heart rate?
fetal Doppler and cardiotocograph (CTG)
(doppler bc waves like doppler affect
cardiotoco graph, bc it takes a graph of the fetus)
What are the measures that can be taken to prevent birth defects?
Genetic screening for common diseases that run in families. (pre-pregnancy or 1st/ 2nd trimester of pregnancy)
Neonatal screening program: e. g. hypothyroidism.
Regulations of teratogenic drugs include warnings on the packages of the teratogenic drugs. Drugs???
Immunizations; Rubella virus
What is a known birth defect? What is it caused by?
Spinal Bifida
Caused by folic acid defincey
(الصلب المشقوق)
What is Sudden infant death syndrome?
Death of infant caused by sleeping on stomach, very soft bedding, overheating.
(basically everything that is bad for us)
(back to sleep)
What is the number one barrier to accessing maternal healthcare?
Poverty
What is refelction and what is the aim of it?
Reflection = think about things done well and not well, then learning and not doing same mistakes next time
What is interprofessional collaboration?
healthcare professionals from different disciplines working together as a team to deliver the best possible care to patients.