Because most pregnant women continue their usual activities, trauma remains a common complication during pregnancy
Approximately 30,000 women in the United States experience treatable injuries related to trauma each year. As a result of the physiologic alterations that accompany pregnancy, special considerations for mother and fetus are necessary when trauma occurs. Match the maternal system adaptation in pregnancy with the clinical response to trauma.
a. Increased oxygen consumption d. Displacement of abdominal viscera
b. Increased heart rate e. Increase in clotting factors
c. Decreased gastric motility
46. Decreased placental perfusion in supine position
47. Increased risk of thrombus formation
48. Altered pain referral
49. Increased risk of acidosis
50. Increased risk of aspiration
46. ANS: B
47. ANS: E
48. ANS: D
49. ANS: A
50. ANS: C
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