A 27-year-old woman at 37 weeks of gestation presents to the GP with a severe headache and epigastric pain. Her blood pressure is 170/112 mmHg. While ...

Question

A 27-year-old woman at 37 weeks of gestation presents to the GP with a severe headache and epigastric pain. Her blood pressure is 170/112 mmHg. While in the consulting room, she has a generalised tonic-clonic seizure lasting 90 seconds. After the seizure stops, what is the single most important drug treatment?

Accepted Answer

Intravenous magnesium sulphate 4 g loading dose

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Intravenous diazepam 10 mg

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Intravenous phenytoin loading dose

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Intravenous labetalol 50 mg

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Intramuscular adrenaline

uk-drcog MCQ (SBA): Eclampsia