Intramuscular adrenaline does not reduce the incidence of respiratory distress and hypoglycaemia in neonates delivered by elective caesarean section at term

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Pedersen, Pernille ^a   Avlund, O L ^a   Pedersen, B L ^a   Pryds, O ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PHENOBARBITAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CESAREAN SECTION; DENMARK; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 67650065022     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.138487     Document Type: Article

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