The effect of continuous morphine administration on maternal plasma oxytocin concentration and uterine contractions after open fetal surgery

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 231-238

  Santolaya Forgas, Joaquin ^a,b   Romero, Roberto ^a   Mehendale, Ramkrishna ^c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Morphine; Opioids in pregnancy; Oxytocin; Prematurity; Stress response; Tocolytics

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; MORPHINE; OXYTOCIN; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BABOON; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS SURGERY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL PLASMA; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; HYSTEROTOMY; MORPHINE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OXYTOCIN; PAPIO; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 33745714781     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050600593387     Document Type: Article

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