Simtics - fetal growth and high risk preg Flashcards
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s/s may indicate presence of fetal/maternal disease (6)
- fetus large/small for dates
- maternal lower abdo pain
- vag bleed
- premature labour
- pre eclampsia
- maternal RF
what is pre-eclampsia. what does it present as (3)
a multisystem disorder linked to placental implantation.
- maternal hypertension (130/90)
- proteinuria
- edema
what may develop along with eclampsia? (2)
- fatal seizures
- HELLP syndrome (Hemolytic anemia, Elevated Liver enzymes, Low Platelet count)
pre-eclamsia is a significant cause of fetal what
fetal IUGR
in measuring amniotic fluid volume (single pocket assessment), polyhydraminos is when
MVP >8 cm
in measuring amniotic fluid volume (single pocket assessment), oligohydraminos is when
MPV <2 cm
in measuring amniotic fluid volume (amniotic fluid index), what is the normal range?
when Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4 = 5-20 cm
oligo <5 cm
poly >18-20 cm
Macrosomia
when estimated fetal weight ≥ 4000 g
large for gestational age
a fetal weight at or above the 10th percentile for gestational age
macrosomia risk factors
- gestational diabetes
- enlargement placenta
raised maternal AFP could mean (2)
- multiple pregnancy
- neural tube defects
twin peak sign occurs with
aka lambda sign
dichorionic-diamniotic
pathology assoc with multiple preg (4)
- poly-oli/stuck twin
- TTT syndrome
- conjoined twins
- acardiac anomaly
fetal risk for pump/donor twin and recipient twin
pump/donor: reduced o2 = less kidney blood flow thus output = oligohydramnios
recipient = poly and heart failure
most common conjoined twin
Thoracopagus: they are joined at the chest and have a cardiac connection.
IUGR
fetal weight at or below the 10th percentile for gestational age.
A fetus that is IUGR is a SGA fetus with a maternal, placental, or fetal pathological process involved.
risk factors for IUGR (7)
- previous IUGR pregnancy
- uterine anomaly
- multiple pregnancy
- significant placental hemorrhage
- maternal hypertension (with or without pre-eclampsia)
- maternal diabetes
- tobacco/drug/alch
IUGR babies have an increased risk of
antepartum death (death before birth) and neonatal morbidity
small for gestational age
a fetus with a weight below the 10th percentile, but with no known cause
EFW paramaters (4)
BPD
HC
AC
FL
what is more common : symmetric or asymmetric IUGR
asymmetric IUGR
causes of asymmetric IUGR
- uteroplacental insufficiency
- maternal diabetes
- pre-eclampsia -chronic hypertension
- smoking
- uterine anomaly
- placental hemorrhage.
asymmetric IUGR measures present as
small AC with normal BPD and HC
Early ultrasound markers of uteroplacental insufficiency include (4)
- decreased fetal biometry
- echogenic bowel
- mild cardiomegaly -abnormal uteroplacental/fetal Doppler studies