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
- First trimester preeclampsia
- Woman’s age
- Fetoplacental insufficiency
- Low weight of the woman
- Third trimester preeclampsia
Correct answer
Fetoplacental insufficiency
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