USMLE provides an outline of the USMLE Step 1 Content. The outline breaks down the exam into systems.  This page will review the pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium section of the USMLE Step 1 outline as it relates to pharmacology.

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Puerperium

Here is a look at a summary of USMLE outline for the pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium section section with a focus on pharmacology related topics.

Prenatal Care
  • Folate Deficiency Prevention
  • Nutritional Assessment
  • Vitamins
  • Rh Screening/Rh Isoimmunization
Supervision of Normal Pregnancy
  • Iron-deficiency Anemia/Prevention
  • Vitamin Deficiency Prevention
  • Hepatitis B Virus
  • Herpes Simplex Viruses
  • HIV
  • Influenza Virus
  • Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Treponema pallidum
  • Streptococcus agalactiae
  • Toxoplasma gondii
  • Amnionitis
  • Asymptomatic UTI
Obstetric Complications
  • Induced Abortion
  • Anemia of Pregnancy
  • Cardiomyopathy of Pregnancy
  • Ectopic Pregnancy
  • Gestational Diabetes
  • Rh Isoimmunization
  • Vomiting in pregnancy
  • Infections complicating pregnancy
Labor & Delivery
  • Intrapartum Prophylaxis
    • HIV
    • Chlamydia
    • Gonococcal prophylaxis
  • Threatened preterm labor
Puerperium
  • Postpartum Cardiomyopathy
  • Postpartum Blues
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage
  • Postpartum Sepsis
  • Uterine Atony
Adverse Effects of Drugs on Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Puerperium
  • Alcohol
  • Tobacco
  • Other Drugs
  • Teratology
    • ACE Inhibitors
    • SSRIs
    • Warfarin
    • Infections
    • Toxins
  • Inhibitors of coagulation factors
  • Methemoglobinemia
  • Propylthiouracil
  • Tumor lysis syndrome
  • Warfarin

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