NREMT Advanced EMT Practice Test #4

Answer - D - Gestational diabetes is when placental hormones cause an increased resistance to insulin and a decreased glucose tolerance. Gestational diabetes usually occurs in the last 20 weeks of pregnancy. Preeclampsia includes high blood pressure, edema, and changes in reflexes. Gestational trophoblastic disease is an abnormal pregnancy with cystic growth of the placenta and is characterized by bleeding during early and middle pregnancy. Iron-deficiency anemia often seen in pregnancy is a lack of iron in the blood.