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Obs Case Taking PDF
Obs Case Taking PDF
History taking
1. Name
2. Age
3. GPLAD
4. Active married life of
5. Occupation
6. Residence
7. Months of amenorrhea
8. Chief complaints
9. ODP
a. Ward course
b. Treatment given
c. Symptoms increased, decreased
d. Negative history
e. Rule out PIH, GDM, heart disease
i. History of headache, visual disturbances
ii. History of palpitations, chest pain, hemoptysis
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Obstetrics Case Proforma Swapneel Shah
1. Amenorrhea period
2. Spontaneous abortion/live birth
a. Dilatation and Curettage done or not?
3. Hydramnios?
4. Premature delivery?
b. Weeks of gestation
c. Conception spontaneous/any treatment
d. UPT done?
e. USG done?
f. ANC registration
g. Medications, hematinics, calcium
i. If yes, how long?
h. Tetanus toxoid
i. Exposure to radiation (?)
General examination
Obstetric examination
1. Inspection
a. Swelling- globular/pyriform
b. Linea nigra, stria gravidarum, linea albicantes seen/not seen
c. Umbilicus vertically/transversely stretched/everted? – hydramnios/plural
pregnancy
d. Scars/sinuses
i. If present, position- vertical/midline/pfannenstiel
ii. Healing- well healed/keloid formation
2. Palpation
a. Clinical presentation of uterine size is _____ weeks (Bartholomew’s rule of fourths)
b. Fundal height is _____ cm measured along the contour of the uterus from pubic
symphysis after correction of dextrorotation of the uterus
c. Therefore, by MacDonald’s rule, gestational age in weeks= 8/7 x fundal height.
3. Leopold’s manoeuvres
a. Fundal grip
i. Firm, irregular, non-ballotable mass corresponds to fetal breech
b. Right lateral grip
i. Continuous board like resistance corresponds to fetal back
c. Left lateral grip
i. Multiple knob like structures which slip under the fingers on deep palpation-
fetal limbs
d. Pawlik’s first grip
i. Hard, globular, ballotable, non-ballotable- fetal head- floating or engaged
e. Deep pelvic grip (Pawlik’s second grip)
i. Convergence or divergence of fingers
4. Auscultation
a. Fetal heart sounds inside/outside the left spino umbilical line
b. Rhythm- regular or not.
c. Rate- ____ bpm
Breast examination
1. Development – normal or not
2. Nipple and areola- normal or not
a. No cracks, fissures or retracted nipple
b. No abnormal nipple discharge
c. No abnormal lump palpable
Diagnosis
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Obstetrics Case Proforma Swapneel Shah
Mrs ____, age _____, GPLAD, comes with _____months of amenorrhea with _____ weeks size uterus with
a single live fetus in longitudinal lie, flexed attitude, cephalic presentation, ______ as the presenting
part, which is floating/ engaged with medical/obstetric diagnosis e.g.________
Investigations
1. Hemoglobin
2. Blood grouping- give anti-D if required
3. HIV-ELISA
4. VDRL
5. Malformation scan- 18 to 20 weeks
6. FBS/PLBS
7. TT neonatal tetanus
8. Urine- sugar and protein
9. HBsAg
10. TSH- if increased, do free T3, T4.
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