Obstetrics and Gynecology

This chapter has multiple-choice questions on the following topics: Antenatal care, Abnormal presentations, Sickle cell disease in pregnancy, Multiple pregnancy, Normal labor, Complications of labor, Operative vaginal deliveries, Cesarean delivery, Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, Blood sugar derangements in pregnancy, Infections including HIV/PMTCT in pregnancy, Antepartum hemorrhage, Postpartum hemorrhage, and the puerperium.

This chapter is divided into two sections. The first sixty MCQs are a selection of questions that very superficially cover fundamental facts about obstetrics; every reader should attempt these multiple-choice questions for they test the reader’s knowledge in terms of understanding and remembering. The remaining 100 MCQs equally cover obstetrics. They are mainly clinically oriented and require more effort by the reader and their involvement in the practice of obstetrics. Most of the questions are therefore targeted at medical students who are doing their clinical rotations in obstetrics or medical practitioners who attend to pregnant patients.

This chapter covers multiple-choice questions on the following topics: Abnormal uterine bleeding, Amenorrhea in the non-pregnant, Management of miscarriages, Management of ectopic pregnancies, Infertility, Menstrual disorders, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), Sexual disorders, Sexually transmitted infections, Menopause, Contraception/Family planning, Bartholin’s gland cyst and abscess, Uterine fibroids, Benign and malignant ovarian growths, Endometriosis, and Cervical lesions.

Multiple-choice questions 161–200 (a total of 40) are compressed questions on the foundational and globally relevant topics in gynecology. These questions require knowledge, understanding, and recall. They are suitable for every reader. However, the remaining 100 multiple-choice questions (201–300) are mainly on the practice of gynecology and generally test the practice of gynecology during a medical student’s clinical postings in gynecology. The questions are also useful for medical practitioners managing women with gynecological conditions in the outpatients’, emergency room, operating room, or ward settings. 

This chapter provides answers and notes on the multiple-choice questions on the following topics: Antenatal care, Abnormal presentations, Sickle cell disease in pregnancy, Multiple pregnancy, Normal labor, Complications of labor, Operative vaginal deliveries, Cesarean delivery, Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, Blood sugar derangements in pregnancy, Infections including HIV/PMTCT in pregnancy, Antepartum hemorrhage, Postpartum hemorrhage, and puerperium.

This chapter provides answers and notes on the multiple-choice questions on the following topics: Abnormal uterine bleeding, Amenorrhea in the non-pregnant, Management of miscarriages, Management of ectopic pregnancies, Infertility; Menstrual disorders, Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), Sexual disorders, Sexually transmitted infections, Menopause, Contraception/Family planning, Bartholin’s gland cyst and abscess, Uterine fibroids, Benign and malignant ovarian growths, Endometriosis and Cervical lesions.

The notes for MCQs 161 to 200 are generally brief as they deal with foundational topics that do not need much more than the answers. From multiple-choice questions 201 to 300 the questions are more clinicals oriented. In any medicine specialty, there may be more than one approach to solving certain clinical problems. For this book an explanation is occasionally required for the answer selection. The reader should bear in mind that the answer in a single-best answer (SBA) MCQ format is the best option, however, not necessarily the only option. This should bring clarification for the space given to the notes for numbers 201 to 300 compared with the brevity of the contents for numbers 161 to 200.