Prolonged morphine exposure in utero causes fetal and placental vasoconstriction: A case report

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 417-421

  Collins, Laura R ^a   Hall, Richard W ^b   Dajani, Nafisa K ^a   Wendel, Paul J ^a   Lowery, Curtis L ^a   Kay, Helen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler; Fetal; Morphine; Placenta; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORPHINE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 22244453761     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500123996     Document Type: Article

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