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Medical Council of Canada MCCQE Part 1 MCCQE Question # 12 Topic 2 Discussion

MCCQE Exam Topic 2 Question 12 Discussion:
Question #: 12
Topic #: 2

You are covering for your colleague who is on vacation this week. You receive the results from an ultrasonography that had been ordered for a 32-year-old woman, gravida 2, para 1, aborta 0. The ultrasonography-estimated fetal weight is below the fifth percentile for 30 weeks' gestation; gestational age was confirmed by an earlier ultrasonogram. The amniotic fluid volume is within normal range. Her first child's birth weight was 2800 g at full term. Which one of the following is the best next step?


A.

Reassure the patient that the fetus is probably at the lower range of normal weight


B.

Plan a follow-up appointment as soon as your colleague is back from vacation


C.

Ask the patient to present to the obstetrics ward for further fetal assessment


D.

Discuss the benefits of acetylsalicylic acid


E.

Schedule an urgent uterine artery Doppler ultrasonography


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