Use of antihypertensive drugs during pregnancy and lactation

Cardiovascular Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-49

  Ghanem, Firas A ^a   Movahed, Assad ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenoceptor antagonists; Antihypertensive drugs; Labetalol; Lactation; Methyldopa; Nifedipine; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACEBUTOLOL; AMILORIDE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETAXOLOL; BISOPROLOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; CLONIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESMOLOL; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LABETALOL; METHYLDOPA; METOPROLOL; NADOLOL; NICARDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; OXPRENOLOL; PINDOLOL; PLACEBO; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TIMOLOL; TRIAMTERENE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BRADYCARDIA; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 47049084268     PISSN: 17555914     EISSN: 17555922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-3466.2007.00036.x     Document Type: Review

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