Because Most Pregnant Women Continue Their Usual Activities,trauma Remains a Common

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Multiple Choice

Because most pregnant women continue their usual activities,trauma remains a common complication during pregnancy.Approximately 1 in 12 pregnancies in the United States are complicated by trauma each year.Because of the physiologic alterations that accompany pregnancy,special considerations for the mother and fetus are necessary when trauma occurs.Match the maternal system adaptation in pregnancy with the clinical response to trauma.

-Increased risk of acidosis

• A)Increased oxygen consumption
• B)Increased heart rate
• C)Decreased gastric motility
• D)Displacement of abdominal viscera
• E)Increase in clotting factors

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To render something harmless by applying an opposite force or effect, such as neutralizing an acid with a base.

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Biological molecules that significantly speed up the rate of virtually all of the chemical reactions that take place within cells.

Nonpolar Covalent Bond

A type of chemical bond where two atoms share a pair of electrons equally, usually between identical or similar atoms.