QuestionSBA
QuestionChoice
This is a beta-blocker that is used to control gestational hypertension. In this case, we need an agent to delay labour. Suitable tocolytic agents include nifedipine, atosiban (oxytocin receptor antagonist) and indomethacin (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug).
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d
Labetalol
QuestionChoice
This is a technique that is commonly used to induce labour; the opposite of the desired effect in this case. Suitable tocolytic agents include nifedipine, atosiban (oxytocin receptor antagonist) and indomethacin (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug).
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c
Membrane sweep
QuestionChoice
This is an agent that is commonly given when patients are in established labour, to speed up the process. In this case, we need an agent to delay labour. Suitable tocolytic agents include nifedipine, atosiban (oxytocin receptor antagonist) and indomethacin (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug).
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e
Oxytocin
QuestionChoice
Prostaglandins such as dinoprostone are used to induce labour; the opposite of the desired effect in this case. Suitable tocolytic agents include nifedipine, atosiban (oxytocin receptor antagonist) and indomethacin (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug).
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b
Prostaglandin E2
QuestionChoice
This is a type of calcium channel blocker that is commonly used to delay the onset of labour in pre-term cases. Other suitable agents include atosiban (oxytocin receptor antagonist) and indomethacin (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug). Contraindications to giving a tocolytic agent include being > 34 weeks pregnant, being in established labour (4 cm cervical dilation) and intra-uterine death.
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a
Nifedipine
Concept
Chapter
2693
5856
Preterm labour
Topic
174
Obstetrics
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A 33 year old women is 32 weeks pregnant when she experiences a pre-labour rupture of her membranes. She has no past medical history of note and is nulliparous. Her pregnancy has been otherwise medically unremarkable. She is prescribed medication to delay the onset of labour, to allow time for corticosteroids to mature the foetal lungs.

Which of the following is a suitable tocolytic agent?
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