Antepartum: Common Terms Exam Review Quiz with complete answers 2023/2024

Antepartum: Common Terms Exam Review Quiz with complete answers 2023/2024 Gestation - correct answer the number of weeks of pregnancy since the first day of the last menstrual period Parity - correct answer numbers births 20 wks gestation or greater regardless if the baby is dead or alive Term - correct answer the normal duration of pregnancy (37wks -42wks) Preterm - correct answer labor occurring between 20 wks and before the completion of 37 wks of gestation Posterm - correct answer labor that occurs after 42 weeks pf gestation Antepartum - correct answer time during which the woman is pregnant, is the time between conception until the onset of labor. Intapartum - correct answer time from onset of labor until the birth of the infant and placenta Postpartum - correct answer time from the birth until the woman's body returns to the pre-pregnant state usually takes 4-6 wks Abortion - correct answer birth that occurs before 20 wks gestation or the birth of a fetus or newborn who weighs less than 500 g Stillborn - correct answer fetus born dead after 20 wks Nulligravida - correct answer who has never been pregnant Primigravida - correct answer First time pregnancy Multigravida - correct answer women who is in her 2nd or any subsequent pregnancy Multipara - correct answer Women who has had more than one birth in which the fetus was 20 wks or greater Nullipara - correct answer a woman who has not delivered a viable fetus. Primipara - correct answer a women who has given birth to her first child, whether living or alive Vena cava syndorme - correct answer The enlarging uterus may press on the venacava, reducing blood flow to the right atrium, lowering blood pressure and causing dizziness, pallor and clamminess. It may also press on the aorta and its collateral circulation. Condition also called supine hypotensive syndrome or aortacaval compression. Hyperptyalism - correct answer excessive secretion of saliva Chloasma/melasma AKA mask of pregnancy - correct answer Brownish pigmentation over the bridge of the nose and the cheeks during pregnancy and in some women who are taking oral contraceptive Braxton Hicks contractions - correct answer Intermitted painless contractions of the uterus that may occur every 10 to 20. Are sometimes mistaken for true labor es. Ambivalence - correct answer is a state of having simultaneous, conflicting feelings toward a person or thing. Normally occurs in the 1st trimester. Be concern if patient is still feeling this way in the 2nd and 3rd.