Medical interventions
Medical interventions ( 5 Questions)
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing postpartum hemorrhage and has lost blood volume and clotting factors.
Which medication should the nurse anticipate administering to replace blood volume and clotting factors?
Pitocin (oxytocin) is a uterotonic medication that stimulates uterine contractions and reduces bleeding from uterine atony, which is the most common cause of postpartum hemorrhage.
However, it does not directly replace blood volume or clotting factors.
Hemabate (carboprost tromethamine) is another uterotonic medication that can be used to treat postpartum hemorrhage caused by uterine atony, especially if oxytocin is ineffective or contraindicated.
However, it also does not directly replace blood volume or clotting factors.
Methergine (methylergonovine maleate) is a third uterotonic medication that can be used to treat postpartum hemorrhage caused by uterine atony, especially if oxytocin and carboprost are ineffective or contraindicated.
However, it also does not directly replace blood volume or clotting factors.
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Blood products (packed red blood cells, fresh frozen plasma, platelets). Blood products are used to replace blood volume and clotting factors in patients with postpartum hemorrhage who have lost a significant amount of blood and are at risk of hypovolemic shock and coagulopathy.
Blood products (packed red blood cells, fresh frozen plasma, platelets). Blood products are used to replace blood volume and clotting factors in patients with postpartum hemorrhage who have lost a significant amount of blood and are at risk of hypovolemic shock and coagulopathy.
Choice A is wrong because Pitocin (oxytocin) is a uterotonic medication that stimulates uterine contractions and reduces bleeding from uterine atony, which is the most common cause of postpartum hemorrhage.
However, it does not directly replace blood volume or clotting factors.
Choice B is wrong because Hemabate (carboprost tromethamine) is another uterotonic medication that can be used to treat postpartum hemorrhage caused by uterine atony, especially if oxytocin is ineffective or contraindicated.
However, it also does not directly replace blood volume or clotting factors.
Choice C is wrong because Methergine (methylergonovine maleate) is a third uterotonic medication that can be used to treat postpartum hemorrhage caused by uterine atony, especially if oxytocin and carboprost are ineffective or contraindicated.
However, it also does not directly replace blood volume or clotting factors.
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