Terbutaline versus nifedipine for prolongation of pregnancy in patients with preterm labor

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-68

  Mawaldi, L ^a   Duminy, P ^a   Tamim, H ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Nifedipine; Preterm labor; Terbutaline

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE; TERBUTALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACHYCARDIA; TOCOLYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOMITING;

EID: 36749025766     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.06.047     Document Type: Article

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