The effects of the tocolytics atosiban and nifedipine on fetal movements, heart rate and blood flow

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 485-490

  De Heus, Roel ^a   Mulder, Eduard J H ^a   Derks, Jan B ^a   Visser, Gerard H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atosiban; Betamethasone; Nifedipine; Preterm labour; Tocolysis

Indexed keywords

ATOSIBAN; BETAMETHASONE; NIFEDIPINE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; ARGIPRESTOCIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOCOLYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; ADULT; ALGORITHM; DRUG COMBINATION; FETUS BLOOD; NEWBORN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BETAMETHASONE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL MOVEMENT; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NIFEDIPINE; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 69149101406     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802702349     Document Type: Article

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