Therapeutic agents in preterm labor: Tocolytic agents

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 787-801

  Hearne, Amy E ^a   Nagey, David A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INDOMETACIN; KETOROLAC; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NICARDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; RITODRINE; SULINDAC; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; LUNG EDEMA; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; TOCOLYSIS; XEROSTOMIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS;

EID: 0034458953     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200012000-00009     Document Type: Review

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