A comparison between the effect of oxytocin only and oxtocin plus propranolol on the labor (A double blind randomized trial)

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 354-358

  Kashanian, Maryam ^a,b   Fekrat, Mohsen ^a   Zarrin, Zahra ^a   Ansari, Narges S ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Beta blocker; Bishop score; Cesarean deliveries; Induction of labor; Oxytocin; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PROPRANOLOL; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 45149100409     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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