The safety of prolonged indomethacin therapy

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 207-214

  Savage, Ashlyn H ^a   Anderson, Brenna L ^a   Simhan, Hyagriv N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal ductus arteriosus; Indomethacin; Oligohydramnios

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SAFETY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG TOXICITY; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS;

EID: 34247576651     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-976546     Document Type: Article

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