What is the primary purpose for the use of tocolytic therapy to suppress uterine activity?
a. Drugs can be efficaciously administered up to the designated beginning of term at 37 weeks gestation.
b. Tocolytic therapy has no important maternal (as opposed to fetal) contraindications.
c. The most important function of tocolytic therapy is to provide the opportunity to administer antenatal glucocorticoids.
d. If the client develops pulmonary edema while receiving tocolytic therapy, then intravenous (IV) fluids should be given.
Answer: c. The most important function of tocolytic therapy is to provide the opportunity to administer antenatal glucocorticoids.
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Good Samaritan laws encourage health care providers to render assistance in accidents because these laws ____________________
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