A randomized controlled pilot study comparing urapidil to dihydralazine in the management of severe hypertension in pregnancy

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-221

  Howarth, Graham R ^a   Seris, Anton ^a   Venter, Chris ^a   Pattinson, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIHYDRALAZINE; URAPIDIL;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BOLUS INJECTION; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NAUSEA; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TINNITUS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0030874631     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641959709031638     Document Type: Article

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