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What is the normal change that occurs in the cardiac sounds in a pregnant person?

When assessing the viability of a pregnancy with transvaginal ultrasound you know that in order to visualize the gestational sac that the discriminatory zone for a beta-hCG is

A 26-year-old patient presents with 6 weeks of amenorrhea, unilateral lower abdominal pain, and light vaginal spotting. She has a history of pelvic inflammatory disease. Which of the following findings would most strongly suggest an ectopic pregnancy?

A 22 year old woman and her partner are being counseled after a first-trimester miscarriage.  She has no significant medical problems.  In counseling this couple you explain in lay terms that the most likely cause of her miscarriage was aneuploidy.  The most common aneuploidy in abortuses, which accounts for approximately 20% of 1st trimester losses, is which of the following?

A 30-year-old G2P1 patient at 32 weeks’ gestation is noted to have a fetus with asymmetric fetal growth restriction (FGR), characterized by a normal head circumference and a disproportionately small abdominal circumference. Which of the following is the most likely underlying cause?

Match the stage of development with its definition (NOTE that you will not use all stages)

A presumptive sign of pregnancy, congestion of the pelvic vasculature causes bluish or purplish discoloration of the vagina and cervix and is known as

The normal chromosomal structure of human beings consists of:   _____ pairs of autosomes, and _____ pair(s) of sex chromosomes.

When is the need for iron supplementation in pregnancy the greatest?

A woman’s parity is determined by the number of which of the following?