Terms used to describe a difficult labor pattern that deviates from that observed in the majority of women who have spontaneous vaginal deliveries.
Dystocia
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It refers to uterine activity that is either not sufficiently strong or not appropriately coordinated to dilate the cervix and expel the fetus.
Hypotonic Uterine Contractions
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Contractions that are too frequent but uncoordinated, the uterus does not relax completely in between contractions & contractions are more painful but ineffective.
Hypertonic Uterine Contractions
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NAGWAGI KA!!!
NAGWAGI KA!!
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Dysfunction in labor that the contractions become ineffective during the first stage of labor, the labor lasts longer than 20 hours in a nullipara or 14 hours in a multipara
Prolonged latent phase
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Labor that is completed within 3 hours or cervical dilatation that occurs at a rate of 5 cm or more per hour
PRECIPITATE LABOR
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TRUE OR FALSE: Abortion is a medical term for the disruption of a pregnancy before the fetus reaches its viable age of less than 20 to 24 weeks of gestation or weighs greater than 500g.
FALSE
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Galing Mo!!!
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The expulsion of a part (usually the fetus) of the product of conception & the retention of other parts in utero.
Incomplete Abortion
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When the embryo/fetus is already died but still remain in the uterine cavity for a period of time without symptoms of miscarriage
Missed Abortion
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Ikaw na!!!!
Congratulations!!
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Abortion that is complicated by infection
Septic
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It occurs when a fertilized egg implants and grows outside the main cavity of the uterus.
