Improving patient safety and uniformity of care by a standardized regimen for the use of oxytocin

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 622.e1-622.e7

  Hayes, Edward J ^a   Weinstein, Louis ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

augmentation; induction; oxytocin; Pitocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DELIVERY; DRUG USE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LABOR INDUCTION; MALPRACTICE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICATION ERROR; NEONATAL SEIZURE; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS HYPERSTIMULATION;

EID: 44649161278     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.01.039     Document Type: Article

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