Deck 12: Critical Care Related to Women During Pregnancy and Child-Birth

Question 1

What can cause Placental abruption?

A) Advanced maternal age
B) Hypertension
C) Drug use
D) All of these

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What is the timeframe in which secondary primary postpartum haemorrhage occur?

A) Up to 24 hours postpartum
B) Up to 6 hours postpartum
C) Up to 12 weeks postpartum
D) Up to 10 days postpartum

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is the main reason for postnatal women's admission to intensive care?

A) Obstetric haemorrhage
B) Eclampsia
C) Pre-eclampsia
D) Respiratory failure

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Antepartum haemorrhage (APH) is defined as ______

A) Bleeding from the genital tract after birth
B) Bleeding from the foetus
C) Bleeding from trauma
D) Bleeding from the genital tract after 24 weeks of pregnancy before the birth of the baby

Question 5

What are the reasons for primary postpartum haemorrhage?

A) Tone, tissue, thrombin, trauma
B) Placenta, tissue, thrombin, birth
C) Placenta, caesarean section, birth, tissue
D) Tone, birth, caesarean section, uterine rupture

Question 6

Maire is 28 weeks pregnant and has been admitted to your intensive care unit from the maternity ward where she's been monitored for preeclampsia.
-What indications of developing eclampsia should you would observe?

A) Seizures
B) Headache
C) Drowsiness
D) Epigastric pain

Question 7

Maire is 28 weeks pregnant and has been admitted to your intensive care unit from the maternity ward where she's been monitored for preeclampsia.
-What are the complications of HELLP syndrome?

A) Disseminated intravascular coagulation
B) Pulmonary oedema
C) Renal failure
D) All of these

Question 8

Shauna gave birth 5 weeks ago and was rushed into your critical care unit from the emergency department in a collapsed state. She is tachycardic, hypotensive and has a poor urine output. She is peripherally shut down with cold clammy extremities. She is confused and disorientated.
-How long postpartum can a haemorrhage occur?

A) Up to 4 hours
B) Up to 2 days
C) Up to 8 weeks
D) Up to 10 days

Question 9

Shauna gave birth 5 weeks ago and was rushed into your critical care unit from the emergency department in a collapsed state. She is tachycardic, hypotensive and has a poor urine output. She is peripherally shut down with cold clammy extremities. She is confused and disorientated.
-Shauna is too ill to breastfeed what should you do?

A) Consult with her midwife to facilitate expression
B) Nothing, the milk will dry up
C) Offer the baby to the breast to feed
D) Give drugs to reduce lactation