Chapter 20: Obstetrics and Gynecological Emergencies
Terms
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- Delivery of the fetus and placenta before 20 weeks; miscarriage.
- abortion
- The fluid-filled, baglike membrane in which the fetus develops.
- amniotic sac
- A scoring system for assessing the status of a newborn that assigns a number value to each of five areas of assessment.
- apgar score
- The vagina and cervix.
- birth canal
- A plug of pink-tinged mucus that is discharged when the cervix begins to dilate.
- bloody show
- Delivery in which the buttocks come out first.
- breech presentation
- The lower one-third, or neck, of the uterus.
- cervix
- The appearance of the infant's head at the vaginal opening during labor.
- crowning
- Convulsions (seizures) resulting from severe hypertension in the pregnant woman.
- eclampsia
- A pregnancy that develops outside the uterus, typically in a fallopian tube.
- ectopic pregnancy
- A condition of infants who are born to alcoholic mothers; characterized by physical and mental retardation and a variety of congenital abnormalities.
- fetal alcohol syndrome
- The developing, unborn infant inside the uterus.
- fetus
- A delivery in which the presenting part is a single arm, leg, or foot.
- limb presentation
- A woman who has had previous pregnancies.
- multigravida
- A woman who has had more than one live birth.
- multipara
- An umbilical cord that is wrapped around the infant's neck.
- nuchal cord
- The area of skin between the vagina and the anus.
- perineum
- Tissue attached to the uterine wall that nourishes the fetus through the umbilical cord.
- placenta
- Premature separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus.
- placenta abruptio
- A condition in which the placenta develops over and covers the cervix.
- placenta previa
- A condition of late pregnancy that also involves headache, visual changes, and swelling of the hands and feet; also called pre-eclampsia.
- pregnancy-induced hypertension
- The position in which an infant is born; the part of the infant that appears first.
- presentation
- A woman who is experiencing her first pregnancy.
- primigravida
- A woman who has had one live birth.
- primipara
- A situation in which the umbilical cord comes out of the vagina before the infant.
- prolapse of the umbilical cord
- A drop in blood pressure caused when the heavy uterus of a supine, third-trimester pregnant patient obstructs the vena cava, lowering blood return to the heart.
- supine hypotensive syndrome
- The conduit connecting mother to infant via the placenta; contains two arteries and one vein.
- umbilical cord
- The muscular organ where the fetus grows, also called the womb; responsible for contractions during labor.
- uterus
- A muscular distensible tube that connects the uterus with the vulva (the external female genitalia); also called the birth canal.
- vagina