The nurse is teaching a class for nurses working in prenatal clinics about the danger associated with use of benzodiazepines during pregnancy and explains that what fetal anomalies result from maternal use of benzodiazepines during the first

Question

trimester of pregnancy? (Select all that apply.) A) Cleft lip or palate
B) Inguinal hernia
C) Cardiac defects
D) Microencephaly
E) Gastroschises

Answer 1

A, B, C, D
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Benzodiazepines are contraindicated in pregnancy because a predictable syndrome of cleft lip or palate, inguinal hernia, cardiac defects, microcephaly, or pyloric stenosis occurs when they are taken in the first trimester. Gastroschises, when the abdominal organs are found outside the abdominal cavity, is not associated with use of benzodiazepine use in the first trimester.