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OB FINAL - Medications & Lab Values Flashcards

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Magnesium Sulfate

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  • Prevent seizures w/Pre-eclampsia

- Tocolytic to slow/stop pre-term labor

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Signs of Magnesium Toxicity

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  • Loss of (absent) DTRs
  • Oliguria <12
  • Pulmonary edema
  • Chest pain
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Nifedipine (Procardia)

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CCB used for tocolysis to stop/slow preterm labor

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Terbutaline “Brethine”

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Tocolytic used for:

  • External version
  • Stop/slow preterm labor
  • Increase FHR & MHR
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Betamethasone

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Corticosteroid used to speed fetal lung maturation for premature delivery.

Series of 2 injections given

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Penicillin G

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Given to treat both mother and fetus if mother has syphillis.

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Ancef

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Given to mother who has had PPROM.

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Bicitra

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Antacid given to mother prior to c-sec to lower gastric pH and prevent aspiration.

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Butorphanol (Stadol)

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Opioid analgesic

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Oxytocin (Pitocin)

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Cytotec (MIsoprostol)

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Vitamin K

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Promotes the formation of blood clotting factors. Given within the first hour of life.
*Give prior to males being circumcised.

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Erythromycin Opthalmic Ointment

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A ribbon of ointment is applied to lower conjunctival sac of the newborn’s eyes within the first hour of life as prophylactic prevent Gonorrhea & Chlamydial infections.

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Hepatitis B Vaccine

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  • Prevention of Heb B in exposed & unexposed infants
  • Injection site = Vastis lateralis
  • Give in first 12hrs, AFTER first bath to prevent contamination from maternal blood on the infant’s ski n.
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Naloxone (Narcan)

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Opiate antagonist

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Surgicel (Thrombin powder)

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Rubella Vaccine

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  • Administer to the mother after childbirth or abortion.

- Instruct the mother to not get pregnant within 4 weeks of receiving the vaccination!!

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RhoGAM / Rhophylac

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Given if Mother is Rh- and baby is Rh+

  • First dose given at 28 weeks of pregnancy
  • Second dose within 72 hrs of delivery
  • Also give following an abortion, or Version
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Methergine

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Used for postpartum hemorrhage following a delivery.

Also used to treat subinvolution.

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Hemabate

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Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (HBIG)

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Prophylaxis for infants of hepatitis B surface antigen-positive mothers.

  • Injection site = Vastis lateralis, not same site as Heb B vaccine (use diff leg)
  • Give in first 12hrs, AFTER first bath to prevent contamination from maternal blood on the infant’s skin.
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Methotrexate (MTX)

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Used for ectopic pregnancy to inhibit cell growth & enlargement of the embryo & prevent fallopian tube rupture.

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