THE NURSING ROLE DURING COMPLICATION OF PREGNANCY, BIRTH OR THE POSTPARTAL PERIOD

WOMAN W/
THALASSEMIA
Thalassemia
Folic acid
supplementation and
blood transfusion
Malaria

12-14 days
Fever, malaise, and
headache
Thrombocytopenia,
anemia, and renal
failure
Wearing clothes, insect
repellant, mosquito
nets, keeping windows
closed
Chloroquine
Sulfadoxine
pyremethamine
Quinine, malarone,
tetracycline
Anti-malarial therapy
WOMAN W/ SEVERE
ACUTE RESPIRATORY
SYNDROME (SARS)
Decreased lymphocytes
and platelet count
Coronavirus
Droplet transmission
2-10 days
Intravenous antibiotics
Spontaneous
miscarriage, preterm
birth, intrauterine
growth restriction.
A WOMAN WITH
ASTHMA
inhaled allergen, such
as pollen and cigarette
Asthma
Inhaled corticosteroid
beclomethasone and
budesonide
Terbutaline, albuterol

Are group of autosomal recessively inherited blood disorders that lead to poor
hemoglobin formation and severe anemia.
*Occur most frequently in Mediterranean, African, and Asian populations.
*symptoms first appear on childhood
Treatment for causes on combating anemia such as_.

-It is a protozoan infection transmitted to people by Anopheles mosquitos.

-The infection causes red blood cells to stick to the surfaces of the capillaries causing
obstruction to the vessels.
-This can result in organ anoxia when blood cannot reach to the organs.
Incubation period for most occurring type.
Most noticeable symptoms in malaria.
If not treated,_ may occur.

Prevention of malaria.

Drug of choice during pregnancy for treatment of malaria.

It may be administered during the last trimester.
Should not be used at any point of pregnancy or with woman who are breastfeeding.
May reduce the incidence of low birth weight and preterm birth.
It is a newly emerged infectious disease with the clinical symptoms of persistent chills,
muscle aches, malaise, dry cough, headache, and dyspnea.
Common laboratory findings for SARS.
It has been identified as the pathogen responsible for the illness, which appears to be
originated from CHINA.
SARS spreads by close person-to-person contact via_.
Incubation period of SARS.
Therapy is vigorous with_.
SARS during pregnancy creates such an illness that is associated with high incidence of_.

it is a disorder marked by reversible airflow obstruction, airway hyperreactivity, and

airway inflammation.
Symptoms of asthma.
Potential of reducing the oxygen supply to a fetus leading to preterm birth or fetal growth
restriction.
Are commonly used by woman with persistent asthma

Beta-adrenergic agonists may be taken safely during pregnancy.

A WOMAN WITH
TUBERCULOSIS
Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
Mantoux test
Chronic cough
Weight loss
Hemoptysis
Night sweats
Low grade
A WOMAN WITH COPD
A WOMAN WITH CYSTIC
FIBROSIS
Sterile
Lessened

It is a disease that should have been eradicated in view of the effective treatment
available.
It is one of the leading causes of death.
Lung tissue is invaded by_, an acid fast bacillus.
Positive response to_
Symptoms of TB.

Is the constriction of airways associated most often with long-term cigarette smoking.
35-40 years of age of pregnancy
It is a recessively inherited disease in which there is generalized dysfunction of the
exocrine glands.
Dysfunction leads to mucous secretions, particularly in pancreas and lungs.
Men with cystic fibrosis are_ because of their semen is so thick that sperm cannot be
motile.
Fertility may be_ in women with the disorder because sperm cannot migrate through
viscid cervical mucous.
Person with disease may develop symptoms with_.

Chronic respiratory
infection and
overinflation
Pancrelipase(pancrease) Therapy to illness consists of_, to supplement pancreatic enzymes.
RHEUMATIC DISORDERS AND PREGNANCY
A WOMAN WITH
(Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis), a disease of connective with joint inflammation of
RHEUMATOID
contracture, is most likely the result of an auto immune response.
ARTHRITIS
Synovial membrane destruction.
Corticosteroids and
DRUGS to prevent joint pain and loss of mobility.
non-steroidal antiinflammatory
drugs(NSAIDS)
Salicylates
Large amounts of_ may lead to increased bleeding at birth or prolonged pregnancy.
A WOMAN
(SLE) it is a multisystem chronic disease of connective tissue that can occur with woman of
WITHSYSTEMIC LUPUS
childbearing age.
ERYTHEMATOSUS
Widespread degeneration of connective tissue especially the heart, kidneys, blood vessels,
spleen, skin, and retroperitoneal tissue)
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS AND PREGNANCY
A WOMAN WITH
It is the inflammation of the appendix.
APPENDICITIS
Sharp, peristaltic lower right quadrant pain of acute appendicitis.
A WOMAN WITH
(GERD) refers to the reflux of the acid stomach secretions into the esophagus.
GASTROESOPHAGEAL
REFLUX DISEASE OR
HIATAL HERNIA
Hiatal hernia
It is a condition in which portion of the stomach extends and protrudes up to the
diaphragm into the chest cavity, trapping the stomach acid and causing it to reflux into the
esophagus.
Heartburn
Symptoms include:
Gastric regurgitation
Dysphagia
Possible weight loss
Hematemesis(vomiting

of blood
Antacids
A WOMAN WITH
CHOLECYSTISIS AND
CHOLELITHIASIS
constant aching and
pressure in the right
epigastrium, with
jaundice
Cholesterol
A WOMAN WITH
PANCREATITIS
WOMAN WITH
HEPATITIS
Hepatitis A
2-6 weeks
Prophylactic gamma
globulin
Hepatitis B and C
Hepatitis D and E

In most women, will relieve the pain

Gall bladder inflammation(Cholecystisis)
gallstone formation(Cholelithiasis)
These are frequently associated with women older than 40, obesity multiparity, and
ingestion of high-fat diet.
Symptoms are:

Gallstones are formed from_.

Inflammation of the pancreas.
It is a liver disease that may occur from invasion of the A,B,C,D, and E virus.
Spread mainly by fecal-oral contact.
Incubation period.
Prevent disease after exposure.
These are spread by exposure to contaminated blood or blood products.
Spread as the same as hepatitis B but rare in pregnant women.