Leifer Chapter 1

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  1. Father of Obstetrics
    Soranus
  2. Puerperium
    The period of 42 days following childbirth and expulsion of the placenta and membranes.The generative organs usually return to normal during this time.
  3. H.I.P.A.A
    Health Information Portability & Accountability Act
  4. The care of children and the treatment of their diseases
    Pediatrics
  5. ___ provided care for poor pregnant women that was the seed for development of today's Planned Parent hood programs
    Margaret Sanger
  6. ___ established pediatric nursing as a medical speciality
    Abraham Jacobi
  7. ___ introduced podalic version to deliver the second twin
    Soranus
  8. ___ applied antiseptic principles to surgical practice
    Joseph Lister
  9. ___ wrote the first american text book on obstetrics for midwives
    Samuel Bard
  10. ___ wrote a paper about the contagiousness of puerperla fever, thus initating the germ theory of disease.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
  11. ___helped establish the Childrens' Bureau, leading to birth registration & school lunch program
    Lillian Wald
  12. ___associated unwashed hands of medical students following dissection of cadavers & puerperal fever
    Ignaz Semmelweis
  13. The difference between the expected outcome & outcome achieved
    Varience
  14. A health organization that contracts with providers for services at a discount for its members
    PPO - Preffered Provider Organization
  15. An organization that offers health services for a fixed premium
    HMO - Health maintenance Organization
  16. Providing the means by which families accept and maintain control over their members' health care
    Empowerment
  17. Medicare system that determines payment for a hospital stay based on the patient's diagnosis
    Diagnosis Related Group (DRG)
  18. Study of functions of all of the genes in the human body
    Genomics
  19. Fetal & Neonatal deaths / 1000 live births per year
    Perinatal Mortality Rate
  20. Number of Deaths of infants < age 28 days / 1000 live birth per year
    Neonatal Mortality Rate
  21. Number of Birth / 1000 women ages 15-44 years in a given population.
    Fertility Rate
  22. Number of Live Birth / 1000 population in 1 Year
    Birth Rate
  23. ___ confirmed that puerperal fever was caused by bacteria
    Louis Pasteur
  24. Who recommend instilling 2% silver nitrate into the eyes of newborn to prevent blindness caused by gonorrhea.
    Karl Crede
  25. A physician who treats women during pregnancy and parturition and delivers infants
    Obstetrician

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