Atosiban versus usual care for the management of preterm labor

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-313

  Husslein, Peter ^a   Cabero Roura, Luis ^b   Dudenhausen, Joachim W ^c   Helmer, Hanns ^a   Frydman, René ^d   Rizzo, Nicola ^e   Schneider, Dirk ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^e Clinica Ginecologia Ed Ostetrica   (Italy)

^f Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atosiban; Preterm labor; Tocolysis; Tocolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ATOSIBAN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BED REST; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HEART RATE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PATIENT SAFETY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TOCOLYSIS; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 34447128921     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2007.078     Document Type: Article

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