The document defines common terminology used in obstetrics, including:
- Obstetrics refers to childbirth and caring for pregnant women. Gynecology treats female reproductive organs. Pediatrics treats children.
- Terms like gravida, parity, and nullipara describe a woman's pregnancy and birthing history.
- Other terms define stages of pregnancy like antepartum, perinatal, postpartum and describe delivery outcomes like NSVD, CS, preterm, post-term.
The document defines common terminology used in obstetrics, including:
- Obstetrics refers to childbirth and caring for pregnant women. Gynecology treats female reproductive organs. Pediatrics treats children.
- Terms like gravida, parity, and nullipara describe a woman's pregnancy and birthing history.
- Other terms define stages of pregnancy like antepartum, perinatal, postpartum and describe delivery outcomes like NSVD, CS, preterm, post-term.
The document defines common terminology used in obstetrics, including:
- Obstetrics refers to childbirth and caring for pregnant women. Gynecology treats female reproductive organs. Pediatrics treats children.
- Terms like gravida, parity, and nullipara describe a woman's pregnancy and birthing history.
- Other terms define stages of pregnancy like antepartum, perinatal, postpartum and describe delivery outcomes like NSVD, CS, preterm, post-term.
The document defines common terminology used in obstetrics, including:
- Obstetrics refers to childbirth and caring for pregnant women. Gynecology treats female reproductive organs. Pediatrics treats children.
- Terms like gravida, parity, and nullipara describe a woman's pregnancy and birthing history.
- Other terms define stages of pregnancy like antepartum, perinatal, postpartum and describe delivery outcomes like NSVD, CS, preterm, post-term.
Obstetrics ● Obstetrics word came from a Latin word “Obsterix”;
● The branch of medicine and surgery concerned with childbirth and the care of women giving birth
Gynecology ● The branch of medical science which treats diseases of the
female genital organs
Pediatrics ● the branch of medicine dealing with children and their
diseases.
REPRODUCTION ● means process by which a fully developed offspring of its kind is produced
FERTILIZATION ● the action or process of fertilizing an egg or a female animal or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote. PREGNANCY ● A common name for gestation in humans ● The development of one or more offspring, known as an embryo or fetus, in the uterus ● The period from conception to birth. ● After the egg is fertilized by a sperm and then implanted in the lining of the uterus, it develops into the placenta and embryo, an later into a fetus
GRAVIDA/ GRAVIDAE ● A pregnant woman. ● A state of pregnancy regardless of its duration/outcome. ● Number of pregnancies a woman had regardless of the outcome of pregnancy.
PARA/ PARITY ● the outcome of those pregnancies or number of infants given birth that reached viability or 20 weeks & more ● Example when used in Obstetrical History-taking: G1P1, G2P3
Nulligravida A woman who has never been pregnant or never conceived a child
Primigravida a woman pregnant for the first time; e.g. Gravida1; a woman in her first pregnancy
Multigravida a woman who had two or more pregnancies. e.g. Gravida4
Nullipara A woman who has NEVER delivered a viable infant. The woman may be pregnant for several times before but her pregnancies were termination due to abortions or before 20 weeks.
Primipara A woman who has completed ONE pregnancy that reached viability.
Multipara A woman who has completed two or more pregnancy or given birth many times to a viable offspring.
OBSTETRIC HISTORY TERMS
T.P.A.L Term birth
Preterm birth Abortion Living infants LMP Last Menstrual Period
EDC Expected Date of Confinement
EDD Expected Date of Delivery
AOG Age of Gestation (expressed in weeks)
PARTURIENT a woman who is in labor
PUEPERA a woman who has just delivered
ANTEPARTUM occurring or existing before birth (Antenatal, Prenatal)
PERINATAL onset of labor to delivery
POST-PARTUM delivery of placenta to 6 weeks
NSVD Normal Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery
CS Caesarean Section
AGA Average for Gestational Age
SGA Small for Gestational Age
LGA Large for Gestational Age
Pre-term Infant ● born before 32 weeks gestation (not less than 28 weeks) Post Term Infant ● born after 42 weeks gestation Live Birth ● recorded when newborn infant shows signs of life Still Birth ● when infant shows NO sign of life at birth Pre-term Infant ● born before 32 weeks gestation Post-term Infant ● born after 42 weeks gestation ABORTION ● The termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability (less than 28 weeks). ● the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks. LABOR ● the function of the female by which the infant is expelled through the vagina to the outside world ● The process during which the uterus contracts and cervix opens to allow passage of a baby into the vagina CHILDBIRTH ● Childbirth is more than the “act of giving birth”. ● For a woman it is a continuous process, from conception through pregnancy, labour, birth and beyond.
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Sample Diagnosis: ● PUFT 39 weeks & 2 days AOG to a Live term Baby Boy in cephalic presentation NSVD with AS of 8/9 & BW of 2.6 kg to a G2P2 (2-0-0-2) Sample Diagnosis: ANSWER ● Pregnancy Uterine Fullterm 39 weeks & 2 days Age of Gestation to a Live term Baby Boy in cephalic presentation, Normal Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery with Apgar Score of 8/9 & Birth Weight of 2.6 kg to a Gravida 2, Parity 2 (Term 2-Preterm 0-Abortion 0-Living 2)
Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Program On Knowledge of Immediate Postpartum Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices PPIUCD Among Antenatal Mothers in Selected Community Areas, Dehradun
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