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A 31 y/o primigravida @ 30 weeks GA comes to you with reg contractions every 6 min. Her prenatal course was significant for type 1 dm, which she has had for 10 years. Over the course of 1 hr, she cont to contract and her cervix advances from closed and long to a fingertip of dilation with some effacement. The patient is started on MgSO4, penicillin, and betamethasone. Which of the following is the most likely side effect from admin of corticosteroids to this patient?

1) dec childhood inteligence
2) inc maternal insulin requirement
3) maternal infection
4) neonatal adrenal suppression
5) neonatal infection

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Inc Maternal Insulin requirement as Caarticosteroids have anti Insulin affect.Please correct me iif I am wrong.







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