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CHAP 12 DIS&DO
DISEASE AND DISORDER OF OBSTETRICS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE | THE PREMATURE SEPARATION OF THE PLACENTA FROM THE UTERINE WALL; RESULTS IN A MISCARRIAGE, STILLBIRTH, OR PREMATURE BIRTH |
| AMNIONITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE AMNION |
| BREECH PRESENTATION | AN ABNORMAL CHILDBIRTH IN WHICH THE BUTTOCKS FEET OR KNEES APPEAR THROUGH THE BIRTH CANAL FIRST |
| CONGENITAL ANOMALY | AN ABNORMALITY PRESENT AT BIRTH. CLEFT PALATE, ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA |
| ECLAMPSIA | A CONDITION THAT PLACES A PREGNANT WOMAN AND HER CHILD AT RISK FOR CIRCULATORY DISORDERS |
| ECTOPIC PREGNANCY | NORMALLY ABOUT 8 DAYS AFTER FERTILIZATION THE ZYGOTE WILL IMPLANT INTO THE INNER LINING OF THE UTERUS. |
| ERYTHOBLASTOSIS FETALIS | A CONDITION OF NEONATES OR NEWBORNS IN WHICH RED BLOOD CELLS ARE DESTROYED DUE TO AN INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE MOTHERS BLOOD AND BABYS BLOOD. |
| FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME | A NEONATAL CONDITION CAUSE DBY EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION BY MOTHER DURING PREGNANCY |
| HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE | A LUNG DISORDER OF NEONATES PARTICULARLY PREMATURE INFANTS, IN WHICH CERTAIN OF THE LUNGS FAIL TO MATURE AT BIRTH CAUSING LUNG COLLAPSE |
| PLACENTA PREVIA | A CONDITION IN WHICH THE PLACENTA IS ABNORMALLY ATTACHED TO THE UTERINE WALL IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE UTERUS |
| TOXOPLAMOSIS | CAUSED BY THE PROTOZOAN TOXOPLASMA GONDII; DISEASE MAY BE CONTRACTED BY EXPOSURE TO ANIMAL FECES, MOST COMMONLY FROM HOUSEHOLD CATS. |