Level of postoperative analgesia is a critical factor in regulation of myometrial contractility after laparotomy in the pregnant baboon: Implications for human fetal surgery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1196-1201

  Tame, Jennifer D ^b   Abrams, Laura M ^b   Ding, Xiu Ying ^b   Yen, Andrew ^b   Giussani, Dino A ^b   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^a  

^a Lab for Pregnancy and Newborn Res   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Baboon; Estrogen; Laparotomy; Myometrium; Opioid analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BUPRENORPHINE; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FETUS SURGERY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROTOMY; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0033063732     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70616-2     Document Type: Article

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