Nifedipine concentration in maternal and umbilical cord blood after nifedipine gastrointestinal therapeutic system for tocolysis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 480-485

  Silberschmidt, A L ^a   Kuhn Velten W N ^b   Juon, A M ^a   Zimmermann, R ^a   Von Mandach, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Medizinisches Labor Bremen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Maternal blood; Nifedipine; Oral tocolysis; Preterm labour

Indexed keywords

ADALAT CR; NIFEDIPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEADY STATE; SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOCOLYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NIFEDIPINE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TABLETS; TOCOLYSIS; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS;

EID: 38949188616     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01630.x     Document Type: Article

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