Preterm Labor 1
Uterine contractions that cause cervical changes occurring between 20 and 37 weeks of gestation
What is preterm labor?
This is the goal of administering betamethasone in preterm labor.
What is the purpose of reducing or preventing respiratory distress syndrome?
This is the definition of induction of labor.
What is the initiation of contractions before they are spontaneously brought on?
Known as the 4 T's
What is Tone, Tissue, Trauma, Thrombin
These are the side effects of Hemabate (Carboprost)
What are headache, nausea/vomiting, fever, chills, tachycardia, hypertension, and diarrhea?
These are 5 risk factors for preterm labor
What are infection, African-American race, history of previous preterm birth, artificial reproductive technology, and stress?
These are adverse effects of indomethacin on the fetus.
What are constriction of ductus arteriosus, oligohydramnios, and neonatal pulmonary hypertension?
An important predictor of successful induction of labor is this bishop score.
What is at least 8?
Side effects of methylergonovine (Methergine)
What is hypertension, hypotension, nausea/vomiting, and headache?
These are the nursing considerations for administering Hemabate (Carboprost)
What is monitoring vaginal bleeding and uterine tone?
These are 4 common causes of preterm labor.
What are advanced maternal age, chronic hypertension, medical disorders, and fetal disorders?
These are adverse effects of terbutaline in the mother
What are tachycardia, tremors, headache, nausea/vomiting, hypokalemia, hyperglycemia, and hypotension?
Artificial rupture of membranes
What is amniotomy?
These are the nursing considerations for administering methylergonovine (Methergine).
What is checking blood pressure before administration and not giving if BP is greater than 140/90?
medication that helps with uterine contraction but is not significant enough to induce labor?
What is Dinoprostone?
These are 3 signs and symptoms of preterm labor
What are cervical dilation, vaginal discharge, and uterine contractions?
This is the antidote for magnesium toxicity
What is calcium gluconate?
Hormone naturally produced by the posterior pituitary gland and stimulates uterine contractions and aids in milk ejection. It also used to control postpartum bleeding.
Oxytocin
These are the signs of uterine tachysystole with oxytocin infusion.
What are more than 5 contractions in 10 minutes, single contractions lasting more than 2 minutes, or contractions occurring within 1 minute of each other
These are the nursing interventions for managing postpartum hemorrhage
What are administering oxygen via nonrebreather, inserting an indwelling urinary catheter, and obtaining labs such as CBC, prothrombin, and CMP?
This lab test is used to evaluate the risk of preterm labor within the next 7 days
What is fetal fibronectin (fFN)?
These 5 medications are used to manage preterm labor
What are magnesium sulfate, terbutaline, NSAIDs, calcium channel blockers, and betamethasone?
Method of administration of oxytocin given after labor to not only control postpartum bleeding, we want the uterus to stay contracted and prevent uterine atony
IM
Medication that causes uterine contraction and should be avoided in patients with asthma or hypertension
What is Hemabate (Carboprost)?
This intervention is used to manage postpartum hemorrhage by addressing a potential contributing factor.
What is the insertion of an indwelling urinary catheter to help manage a boggy fundus?