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A patient presents for a routine prenatal exam complaining of nausea and vomiting, flank pain, dysuria and urinary urgency. Vitals are normal except for a temperature of 102 degrees. Urine dipstick is positive for infection. What are the best next steps?

A patient presents to the emergency department with placental abruption at 31 weeks 5 days gestation. In addition to stabilizing the mother and checking labs, medications are given to help the baby’s condition. Which of the following would NOT be given in this scenario?

According to the oracle at Delphi, Socrates is…

Someone who believes that the best way to understand the real world is via our sense-experiences is called:

A patient presents with excessive nausea and vomiting (hyperemesis gravidarum) with heavy vaginal bleeding with the expulsion of grape-like clusters. Her vitals are normal, except that her blood pressure is 160/110 mm Hg. She has a negative history for hypertension. She says that she did a home pregnancy test a few weeks ago and the results were positive. Her current gestational age is 8 weeks 2 days. You collect a serum B-hCG and the results are extremely high, (well over 100,000). Urine dipstick shows positive protein. From this information alone, your most likely diagnosis is:

A patient presents for a routine prenatal appointment at 32 weeks gestation. Her pregnancy has progressed normally with no complications. Which of the following options is a correct list of evaluations that would be performed at this appointment?

If a deductive argument is ‘sound’, this means:

When someone gives preference to the evidence that reinforces and supports their view, and downplays the evidence that opposes/counts against their view, this is a cognitive bias called:

You are assisting in a delivery. Immediately after the baby is born it is handed to you for care. You are evaluating the one minute APGAR score. The baby’s heart rate is 150 beats/min., it’s cry is weak, it is actively moving, it does not cry but grimaces when irritated with a suction bulb and it’s body is pink but extremities are blue. What would the APGAR score be?

A 27 year-old, G2 P1001, patient with an unremarkable medical history, has a Glucose Loading Test done at a routine prenatal appointment. The result is 155 mg/dl so she is rescheduled for a Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT). The results of the GTT show 2 out of 4 elevated values. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step?