Pregnancy Care and Management
Laboratory Values and Tests

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1. A patient presents to triage at 24 weeks' gestation with complaints of dizziness/feeling faint when she rises to standing. The problem is:

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2. A patient presenting in early pregnancy with a deep-vein thrombosis and a history of early pregnancy loss may have:

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3. A patient with a deep-vein thrombosis may be placed on heparin or low-molecular-weight heparin (Lovenox) therapy. The newest, most effective way to monitor therapeutic levels is:

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4. A rising D-dimer and fibrin split product level indicates:

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5. Renal damage in pregnant women is the result of dramatically decreased glomerular filtration rate.

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6. A rising serum creatinine may indicate renal damage from preeclampsia.

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7. Abnormal liver enzymes always indicate preeclampsia.

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8. A patient presents to triage with a complaint of having fallen on her abdomen a few hours earlier. She is at 27 weeks' gestation. Your initial assessment should focus on:

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9. You assessed a patient at 32 weeks' gestation after she was involved in a minor rear-end collision. A KB screen revealed a low level of fetal cells in maternal circulation. A BPP score was 10/10. The fetal monitor shows a baseline of 155–160 with no decelerations. Accelerations of 10 x 10 are present and the patient reports fetal movement. The patient is admitted for observation and continued monitoring. You could expect:

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10. You apply the electronic fetal monitor to the patient who presented post abdominal trauma at 30 weeks' gestation. The fetal baseline is 165 without accelerations or decelerations and there is uterine irritability. Some tests you might expect to be ordered are: