Obstetrics Questions

Tocolytic that can place a woman at risk to develop DKA

If a patient has one unsuccessful ECV, when may another be attempted?

Decision for which drug to prescribe for optimal pain relief must be dependent on the ____ of the drug

When does an IUFD of one twin most commonly occur?

toco transducer, (two monitors) one pressure-sensitive device that is applied against the uterine fundus and the other positioned on the maternal abdomen in the midline between the umbilicus and the symphysis pubis. It detects

How often to assess FHTs during a high risk labor in 2nd stage?

The FHR is heard most clearly at the fetal back. In a cephalic presentation, the FHR is best heard in the lower quadrant of the maternal abdomen. In a breech presentation, it is heard at

When should Rhogam be administered to a woman undergoing an amniocentesis

Analysis of the FHR is one of the primary evaluation tools used to determine

Uterine contractions are responsible for thinning and dilating the cervix. The cervical canal reduces in length from 2 cm to a paper-thin entity and is described as percentages

There is a trend in health care to attempt to manipulate and speed up the process of labor through medical means such as amniotomy and augmentation of labor with oxytocin. What is amniotomy?

EFM is the recommended method of intrapartum fetal surveillance for

progesterone ______________ GI motility

When a woman is in pain and releasing catecholamines, it can ____ labor

he relationship of a given point on the presenting part of the fetus to a designated point of the maternal pelvis The landmark fetal presenting parts include:occipital bone (O), which designates a vertex presentation; chin (mentum [M]), which designates a face presentation; buttocks (sacrum [S]), which designate a breech presentation; scapula (acromion process[A]), which designates a shoulder presentation.Transverse (T)

An amniotomy may be performed to augment or induce labor when the membranes have not ruptured spontaneously. Doing so allows the fetal head to have more direct contact with the cervix to dilate it. This procedure is performed with the fetal head at

Electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) detects the fetal pulse by sensing and analyzing tissue movements via

Before labor begins, cervical softening and possible cervical dilation with descent of the presenting part into the pelvis occur. These changes can occur

To palpate the fundus for contraction intensity, place the pads of your fingers on the fundus and describe how it feels: like the

Encourage the woman to think of false labor or pre-labor signs as positive, because they are part of the entire labor continuum. Describe her early contractions as a phase of preparatory activity by her body in advance of active labor. With first pregnancies, the cervix can take up to