Nifedipine for Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy: Emotion or Evidence?

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 260-262

  Magee, Laura A ^a,b   Côté, Anne Marie ^a   von Dadelszen, Peter ^b  

^a CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnesium sulphate; Nifedipine; Pregnancy; Severe hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CREATINE KINASE MB; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NIFEDIPINE; RITODRINE;

APGAR SCORE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CANADIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMOTION; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL HYPOTENSION; MATERNAL OLIGURIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NOTE; OLIGURIA; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIDE EFFECT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STILLBIRTH; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TABLET FORMULATION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ACUTE DISEASE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; MICROCAPSULE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CANADA; CAPSULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; NIFEDIPINE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 21744444955     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)30519-9     Document Type: Article

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