Intravenous tocolysis with Bryophyllum pinnatum is better tolerated than beta-agonist application

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-172

  Plangger, Nathalie ^a   Rist, Lukas ^b   Zimmermann, Roland ^a   Von Mandach, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Paracelsus Hospital Richterswil   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beta agonists; Bryophyllum pinnatum; Preterm labor; Tocolysis; Tolerability

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM EXTRACT; D 73525; FENOTEROL; HEXOPRENALINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MOSS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX PAIN; TOCOLYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 31344482133     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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