Posted: August 15th, 2017

Barbiturates are usually not given for pain relief during active labor for which of the following reasons?

Barbiturates are usually not given for pain relief during active labor for which of the following reasons?

A. The neonatal effects include hypotonia, hypothermia, generalized drowsiness, and reluctance to feed for the first few days.
B. These drugs readily cross the placental barrier, causing depressive effects in the newborn 2 to 3 hours after intramuscular injection.
C. They rapidly transfer across the placenta, and lack of an antagonist make them generally inappropriate during labor.
D. Adverse reactions may include maternal hypotension, allergic or toxic reaction or partial or total respiratory failure