Indomethacin tocolysis and white matter injury in preterm infants

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-91

  Friedman, S ^a,b   Flidel Rimon, O ^a,b   Steinberg, M ^a   Shinwell, E S ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Indomethacin; Periventricular echogenicity; Periventricular leucomalacia; Preterm labor; Tocolysis; White matter injury

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NIFEDIPINE; RITODRINE; STEROID; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

APPARATUS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TOCOLYSIS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS;

EID: 27344436197     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500199160     Document Type: Review

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