CPM Certified Professional Midwife

Category - Labor, Birth, and Immediate Postpartum

A 28 years old female is suffering from premature labor. What complication in the fetus may develop due to premature labor?
  1. Hypothermia
  2. Sepsis
  3. Trauma
  4. Fracture of bone
Explanation
Answer: A - Hypothermia

Labor that begins before the 37th week of pregnancy (counting from the first day of the last menstrual cycle) is termed premature labor. Fetal complications of premature labor include the following:
1) asphyxia
2) hypothermia
3) pulmonary edema
4) cerebral hemorrhage
5) heart failure
6) oliguria
7) infection
8) dehydration
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