A client at 10 weeks' gestation has developed cholecystitis. If surgery is required, the safest time during pregnancy would be:
1. Immediately, before the fetus gets any bigger.
2. Early in the second trimester.
3. As close to term as possible.
4. The risks are too high to do it anytime in pregnancy.
2
Rationale
1. The risk of miscarriage is greater in the first trimester.
2. Early in the second trimester, the risk of spontaneous abortion and early labor is lower, and the fetus is not so large that it might interfere with the abdominal field.
3. Early in the second trimester, the risk of spontaneous abortion and early labor is lower, and the fetus is not so large that it might interfere with the abdominal field.
4. Early in the second trimester, the risk of spontaneous abortion and early labor is lower, and the fetus is not so large that it might interfere with the abdominal field.
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