Placement of a rolled sheet or pad to elevate a pregnant patient's right hip, tilting the operating room table to the left with slight Trendelenburg, or both will shift the weight of the gravid uterus and relieve pressure from the:

a. abdominal aorta and vena cava
b. bilateral sciatic nerves
c. pelvic floor and bladder
d. ureters and right kidney

a

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