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what are some psychosocial factors that increase risk in pregnancy? -
ANSWER ✔✔Smoking
Caffeine
Alcohol and substance abuse
Maternal obesity
,Inadequate support system
Situational crisis
History of violence
Emotional distress
Unsafe cultural practices
what are some environmental factors increase risk in pregnancy? -
ANSWER ✔✔Infections
Radiation
Pesticides
Illicit drug use
,Industrial pollutants
Second-hand cigarette smoke
Personal stress
what are sociodemographic factors that contribute to high risk pregnancy
- ANSWER ✔✔-poverty status
-lack of prenatal care
-<15 yo and >35 yo
-parity: all first pregnancies and 5+ pregnancies
-marital status (single women more at risk)
-accessibility to healthcare
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, -ethnicity (increased risk on non-white women)`
what is the most common disorder to develope during pregnancy -
ANSWER ✔✔hypertensive disorders
what is gestational hypertension (what are the SBP and DBP values) -
ANSWER ✔✔>1490/90 mm Hg occurring after 20 weeks gestation
(BP returns to normal by 12 wks postpartum)
what is preeclampsia: - ANSWER ✔✔Multisystem disorder when
blood pressure is above 140/90 and proteinuria (> 300 mg or more in 24
hrs) after 20th week of gestation.
what is ecclampsia - ANSWER ✔✔preeclampsia w/ the presence fo
seizures
what is needed for the diagnoses of gestational hypertensive disorder to
be made? - ANSWER ✔✔>140 mm Hg and/or DBP >90 mm Hg at
two encounters at least 6 hours apart after 20 wks gestation
what are the risk factors for preeclampsia? - ANSWER ✔✔High BMI,
previous preeclampsia, multiple gestations