This order set supplements the Antepartum Admission Order Set
Please consult with Neonatology and/or Maternal Fetal Medicine to individualize management in the peri-viable period for both latency antibiotics and/or corticosteroid administration
Q6h while awake (temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, and blood pressure)
Consider:
PLUS
AFTER FIRST 48 HOURS
E.g.:
Betamethasone 12mg IM, Q24H for 2 doses (fetal lung maturation)
For patients at 24+⁰ to 34+⁶ weeks of gestation