A Patient Is Admitted to the Obstetric Unit in Preterm

question 6

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted to the obstetric unit in preterm labor at 36 weeks' gestation. The prescriber orders a tocolytic agent. When teaching the patient about this medication, the nurse will tell her that tocolytics:

• A) are given until term to reduce fetal mortality.
• B) are used to help the fetal lungs mature.
• C) help delay delivery while glucocorticoids are given.
• D) help treat the infections that cause preterm labor.

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Definitions:

Reagents

Additives or chemical entities added to a system aimed at causing a chemical reaction or to examine the possibility of a reaction occurring.

Synthesis

The process of combining simpler substances chemically to form a new, more complex substance.

Sulfonium Salts

Ionic compounds that contain a positively charged sulfur atom directly bonded to three organic groups.

SAM

S-Adenosylmethionine, a compound involved in methyl group transfers in biological processes.