A perinatal nurse has orders to administer betamethasone (Celestone) to the following women in preterm labor. For which patient should the nurse question this order?
A.
Emergency cesarean section
B.
Fetal cardiac abnormalities
C.
Maternal diabetes
D.
Severe preeclampsia/eclampsia
ANS: D
Betamethasone is contraindicated in women in whom there is a medical indication for childbirth (e.g., severe preeclampsia/eclampsia, cord prolapse, chorioamnionitis, abruptio placentae) and in women with systemic fungal infection.
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