Indomethacin for preterm labor: A randomized comparison of vaginal and rectal-oral routes

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 482-486

  Abramov, Yoram ^a   Nadjari, Michel ^a   Weinstein, Daniel ^a   Ben Shachar, Inbar ^a   Plotkin, Vladimir ^a   Ezra, Yossef ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEPSIS; SUPPOSITORY; TABLET; TOCOLYSIS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS;

EID: 0034050504     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00578-5     Document Type: Article

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