KEY TERMS Print Section Listen Key Terms Volumetric (three-dimensional) imaging: recording and interacting with images that reproduce a structure’s dimensions of length, width, and height, rather than individual tomographic slices….
PREGNANCY DATING Print Section Listen β-hCG (mIU/mL) Produced by cytotrophoblasts and syncytiotrophoblasts (primarily) Ninety-two amino acid alpha subunit (identical to leutinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)); 145…
GYN SURGERY: PREOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS Print Section Listen Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Gynecologic Procedures Antimicrobial Prophylactic Regimens by Procedure (Table 2-1) TABLE 2-1 ANTIMICROBIAL PROPHYLACTIC REGIMENS BY PROCEDURE Procedure Antibiotic Dose Hysterectomy…
KEY TERMS Print Section Listen Key Terms Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI): an MR sequence that has increased signal when Brownian motion of water molecules is restricted, such as highly cellular tumors,…
NORMAL URINARY FUNCTION Print Section Listen Anatomy Detrusor: “Bladder muscle”—smooth muscle; innervation is parasympathetic (muscarinic acetylcholine—M2, M3; contraction) and sympathetic (β3-adrenergic receptors; detrusor inhibition or relaxation) (Figure 5-1) Urethral sphincter…
MENSTRUAL CYCLE Print Section Listen Figure 4-1 Figure 4-1 Changes in the ovarian follicle, endometrial thickness, and serum hormone levels during a 28-day menstrual cycle. P, progesterone; E2, estradiol; LH,…
PERIOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS AND COMPLICATIONS Print Section Listen Bowel Obstruction Small Bowel Obstructions (SBO) Workup may include imaging (abdominal x-ray, CT scan), CBC, CMP, lactate level Trial of conservative (nonsurgical) management…
KEY TERMS Print Section Listen Key Terms Fibrous stroma: a low signal band on T2-weighted images in the cervix that is continuous with the junctional zone of the uterine body…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Three-dimensional ultrasonography (3DUS) can be combined with conventional two-dimensional ultrasonography (2DUS) for the evaluation of normal and abnormal fetal anatomy. Development of cost-effective high-performance computers and…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Fetal echocardiography was introduced to clinical medicine in the early 1980s when the first studies reported its use for evaluation of cardiac arrhythmias as well as…
