Diagnostic Criteria and Investigations
Diagnostic Criteria and Investigations ( 16 Questions)
A nurse is administering corticosteroids to a client with severe pre-eclampsia who is 32 weeks pregnant.
What is the main purpose of giving corticosteroids to this client?
Corticosteroids do not reduce inflammation in pre-eclampsia. They are used for other inflammatory conditions such as asthma or arthritis.
Corticosteroids do not prevent infection in pre-eclampsia. They can actually increase the risk of infection by suppressing the immune system.
Corticosteroids are given to pregnant women with severe pre-eclampsia who are at risk of preterm delivery to help the development of the fetus’s lungs and reduce the risk of respiratory distress syndrome.
This can improve the survival and health outcomes of the newborn.
Corticosteroids do not increase platelet count in pre-eclampsia. They can actually decrease the platelet count by causing thrombocytopenia.
To accelerate fetal lung maturity. Corticosteroids are given to pregnant women with severe pre-eclampsia who are at risk of preterm delivery to help the development of the fetus’s lungs and reduce the risk of respiratory distress syndrome.
This can improve the survival and health outcomes of the newborn.
Choice A is wrong because corticosteroids do not reduce inflammation in pre-eclampsia. They are used for other inflammatory conditions such as asthma or arthritis.
Choice B is wrong because corticosteroids do not prevent infection in pre-eclampsia. They can actually increase the risk of infection by suppressing the immune system.
Choice D is wrong because corticosteroids do not increase platelet count in pre-eclampsia. They can actually decrease the platelet count by causing thrombocytopenia.