Intrathecal Baclofen Administration During Pregnancy: A Case Series and Focused Clinical Review

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Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1025-1029

  Morton, Christina M ^a   Rosenow, Joshua ^b   Wong, Cynthia ^b   Kirschner, Kristi L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAMINOPHEN PLUS HYDROCODONE; BACLOFEN; DANTROLENE; DIAZEPAM; HYDROCODONE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BACKACHE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONCEPTION; CONSTIPATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DYSARTHRIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EVENING DOSAGE; EXTUBATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION; HEART RATE; HIP PAIN; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LABOR ONSET; LAMINECTOMY; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; OPERATING ROOM; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER SURGERY; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; TACHYPNEA; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WEANING;

ADULT; BACLOFEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 72049126117     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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