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11 Cards in this Set
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Pitocin (oxytocin)
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Medicine that is used in the inducing of labor
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Magnesium sulfate
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used to treat pre-eclampsia in laboring women
Magnesium sulfate can also delay labor in the case of premature labor, to delay Preterm birth |
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Fentanyl
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opiod used to relieve pain first synthesized in the 1950's.
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Phenergan
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Treats nausea
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Rhogam
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for rh negative women any time there is a chance that she can bleed.
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Methergine
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Preventing and treating bleeding after delivery of a baby.
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Betamethasone
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a moderate-potent glucocorticoid steroid with anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive abilities, used especially where water retention is undesirable. It is applied as a topical cream, ointment, foam, lotion or gel to treat itching (e.g. from eczema).
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Vitamin K
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used in the baby to promote clotting. given with the first hour after birth
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Erythromycin eye ointment
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put in after birth to prevent conjunctivitis
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Terbutaline
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a treatment for premature labor
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Survanta
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A fluid secreted by the cells of the alveoli (the tiny air sacs in the lungs) that serves to reduce the surface tension of pulmonary fluids; surfactant contributes to the elastic properties of pulmonary tissue
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