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OB definition
Barry University Nurse Anesthesia
Question | Answer |
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is a women who is not or never has been pregnant | nulligravida |
is a women who is or has been pregnant irrespective of the pregnancy outcome | gravida |
refers to a woman's previous pregnancies of at least 20 weeks gestation | parity |
is a woman who is pregnant for first time beyond the stage of abortion | primigravida |
is a woman who has completed two or more pregnancies beyond the stage of abortion | multigravida |
is a woman who has delivered once of a fetus that has reached viability beyond the stage of abortion | primipara |
is a woman in labor | parturient |
is a woman who has just given birth | puerpera |
begins at conception and ends 13 weeks from last menstrual period | first trimester |
is the period from 13-26 weeks from the last menstrual period in a gravida | second trimester |
begins 27 weeks following the last menstrual period and ends with delivery in the gravida. The mean duration of pregnancy is 280 days or 40 weeks. | third trimester |
delivery occurs when infant delivers prior to 37 weeks gestation | preterm |
delivery when infant delivers after 42 weeks gestation, a term delivery occurs between 37 & 41 weeks gestation | postterm |
time frame before delivery of fetus | antepartum |
time frame after delivery of fetus | postpartum |
is a woman who has never completed a pregnancy beyond an abortion. (never given birth to a child) | nullipara |