Obstetrics and Gynaecology practice questions

A 32-year-old woman shares a bedroom with her partner, who has been admitted with laboratory-confirmed meningococcal meningitis. She has no fever or rash and fe…

A 35-year-old woman at 35 weeks of pregnancy presents with vomiting, malaise and jaundice. She is normotensive, has no proteinuria and has mild right upper quad…

A 35-year-old primigravida at 37 weeks’ gestation is found to have blood pressure readings of 148/96 and 146/94 mmHg 4 hours apart. Urine protein is 2+, platele…

A 31-year-old woman at 34 weeks’ gestation presents with a severe frontal headache and flashing lights. Her blood pressure is 176/114 mmHg on two measurements 1…

A 29-year-old woman at 10 weeks of pregnancy presents with sudden pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness. Her heart rate is 108/min, oxygen saturation is 98% o…

A 34-year-old woman wants reliable contraception while receiving rifampicin for pulmonary tuberculosis. She has previously used a combined oral contraceptive pi…

A 34-year-old woman at 13 weeks of gestation presents with vaginal bleeding and increasing abdominal distension. The uterus is approximately 18 weeks in size, h…

A 36-year-old woman at 8 weeks of gestation has vaginal bleeding and intermittent lower abdominal cramping. Transvaginal ultrasonography shows an intrauterine g…

A 29-year-old woman presents at 7 weeks of pregnancy with increasing right lower abdominal pain and light vaginal bleeding. She conceived after in-vitro fertili…

A 31-year-old woman presents 12 days after a vaginal birth with increasing bleeding, fever and lower abdominal discomfort. Her temperature is 39.1°C, the uterus…

An otherwise well 29-year-old woman presents eight days after an uncomplicated vaginal delivery with a headache that has gradually intensified over four days. I…

A 26-year-old woman is identified as a household contact of a patient with invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B. She is 2…