A 22-year-old woman has given birth to an infant who exhibits the signs and symptoms of maternal cocaine use during pregnancy. These signs and symptoms are a result of what pathophysiological effect of opioid use during pregnancy?
A) Changes in blood chemistry as a result of nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity
B) Impaired maternal nutrition as a result of drug use
C) Vasoconstriction leading to reduced placental blood flow
D) Hypoxia as a result of a prolonged second stage of labor
Question 2
A patient has been admitted to the intensive care unit with signs and symptoms of sepsis and preliminary results of the patient's initial blood cultures reveal the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
This finding is an indication for treatment with
A) ciprofloxacin.
B) levofloxacin.
C) daptomycin.
D) polymyxin B.
The mechanism of maternal effect in snail coiling.
Many mothers pump their breast milk so that fathers can be involved in infant feedings
Stellar Birth Rates
Measuring the Weight and Length of an Infant
Adverse birth circumstances
Infant mortality by income quintile, urban Canada, 1996