NURS113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Thrombophlebitis, Egg Cell, Stretch Marks
5 Dec 2017
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Within hour, sperm and egg nuclei fuse fertilized ovum zygote. ***after 4 months of pregnancy, placenta forms hcg not important, role of hormone production take over by placenta. Relaxin hcs (human chorionic somatomammotropin) or hpl (human placental lactogen) *** if progesterone not enough risk of abortion high. *** if crh not enough late labour baby might produce surfactant in their lung if labour is late baby develop ards with accumulation of surfactant. 25 mlu/ml hcg 1 week to 10 days past the missed period. 6. 3 mlu/ml hcg on the day of the missed period. New variant: (first response gold) detect 18 mlu/ml of hcg can predict pregnancy 5 days before the predicted time of the period. ** if hcg is higher than normal >1 fetus (triplet, doublet etc. ) ///hydatidiform mole ///testicular cancer in men: hydatidiform mole: Manifestation: trophoblast over growth, filled with grape like vesicle, choriocarcinoma.
