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Neo-Ped Midterm
Fetal Lung Development and Gas Exchange and Circulation and Antenatal Assessment
Question | Answer |
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Regarding postnatal lung growth,age by which most most alveoli will be present in the lungs | 1.5 years |
Reasons oligohydramnios is associated with lung hypoplasia | Mechanical restriction of the chest wall, interference with fetal lung liquid, failure to produce fetal lung liquid |
Purpose of material secreted by the type II pneumocyte | To reduce surface tension |
Function of Wharton's jelly inside the umbilical cord | Preventing vessels inside cord from kinking |
First organ to form during first gestational week | Heart |
Approximate fetal heart rate by the sixth week of gestation | 95 beats/minute |
Anatomical fetal shunts | Foramen ovale, ductius venosus, and ductus arteriosus |
Event that causes cessation of right-to-left shunt through the foramen ovale | Increased systemic vascular resistance |
Most important risk factor for preterm birth | Prior preterm delivery |
Generally accepted safe limit for alcohol consuption during pregnancy to avoid development of fetal alcohol syndrome | No safe range of alcohol consumption is deemed safe during pregnancy |
Average birth weight difference between infants born of mothers who smoke and those born of nonsmoking mothers | Infants born of mothers who smoke ten to be about 200g lighter than infants born of mothers who do not smoke |
Conditions associated with preeclampsia | Proteinuria, generalized edema, and hypertension |
Maternal and/or fetal conditions associated with pregestational diabetes | Ketoacidosis, preeclampsia, and fetal death |
Drug recommended to treat a group B Streptococcus infection for a patient who is allergic to penicillin | Clindamycin |
Main potential problem associated with the premature rupture of membranes | Fetal infection |
Maternal or fetal condition(s) that can be determined or assessed via amniocentesis | Maternal Rh isoimmunization and trisomy 21 |
Maternal complications associated with c-section | Intraoperative bladder or bowel injuries and endomyometritis |
Interpretation of an amniotic fluid index of 5 cm | Oligohydramnios |