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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2014

A 19-year-old primiparous woman with a body weight of 54,5 kg gave birth at 38 weeks gestation to a full-term live girl after a normal vaginal delivery. The girl's weight was 2180,0 g, body length - 48 cm. It is known from history that the woman has been a smoker for 8 years, and kept smoking during pregnancy. Pregnancy was complicated by moderate vomiting of pregnancy from 9 to 12 weeks pregnant, edemata of pregnancy from 32 to 38 weeks. What is the most likely cause of low birth weight?

Answer options

  1. First trimester preeclampsia
  2. Woman’s age
  3. Fetoplacental insufficiency
  4. Low weight of the woman
  5. Third trimester preeclampsia
Correct answer

Fetoplacental insufficiency

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