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6-30-10 OB Sess 3 Mid term Barry Class 2012

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Why is the term C section proven not to be linked to Julius Caesar   Because a Cesarean section would have been fatal to his mother at such a primative time and there if evidence she was alive after his birth (plus cesarean means to cut - so cesarean section is repetative...should be cesarean delivery)  
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Name 3 Horizonal skin incisions for c section (starting at lowest)   Rfannenstiel, then Maylard, then Supraumbilical (the vertical incision is called Midline)  
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T/F: Has the incidence of c sections increased to date   Yes  
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What are the indications for having a c-section over a vaginal delivery   Problems or just preference  
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Which ligament may cause a complication of c section hematoma   Broad ligament  
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Premedications for C-section (3 classes)   Benzodiazepines (which are considered a "D" by the FDA), Opioids, and Aspiration prophylaxis  
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What are 5 possible materal complications of Anesthesia for parturients   Aspiration (r/t delayed gastric emptying and decreased esophagus sphincter tone), Hypotension (r/t decreased SVR and placenta hypotensive arena), Difficult intubation (swelling r/t progesterone), high spinal (r/t venous engourgement), Local CNS toxicity  
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Benefits of spinal over epidural (8 things)   Spinal has quicker onset, reaches Sacrum better, denser block, cheaper, easier to perform, less painful, lower dose needed, and rare Shivering  
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Negatives of Colloid prehydration for spinal/Epidural   Anaphylaxis, alter coagulation, and expensive  
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Bupivicaine dose for 5'9" 172 lb pt for Spinal   11.25 mg (1.5 dextrose)  
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A high spinal causes severe hypotension because of   decreased CO2 secondary to decreased preload  
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If Moms systolic BP stays below (?) for 4-5 minutes it will cause irreversable fetal damage   < 80 mm Hg  
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Brain stem hypoxia may trigger   vomiting center  
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Shivering more common in Epidural or Spinal   Epidural  
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What is better, treating hypotension or preventing it   Prevention (although studies state prehydration doesn't prevent)  
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What is epinephrine role with epidural (4 things)   Prolonged duration, reduced peak plasma concentration of local, increased density of block, and marker for intravascular injection  
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Where should the heart be to decrease the incidence of Venous air embolism   Above the uterous  
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A hormone that stimulates gastric emptying   Motilin (it is inhibited by progesterone)  
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What is the starting dose of Pitocin   20-40 units per liter (slide 69) - have methergine, hemabate, and misoprostol availible as back up for uterine atony  
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Uterine to delivery should be less than (minutes)   3 minutes  
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S/S of Classical scar ruture (6 of them)   Sudden severe pain, Contractions, Palpable fetus, no heart tones, sudden colapse, and diffuse tenderness  
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VBAC stand for   Vaginal birth after cesarian section  
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TOLAC stand for   Trial of labor after c section  
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