Case of chest-wall rigidity in a preterm infant caused by prenatal fentanyl administration

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-150

  Eventov Friedman, S ^a,b   Rozin, I ^a,b   Shinwell, E S ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chest wall rigidity; Fentanyl; Lung compliance; Placental transfer; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NALOXONE;

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 76449098511     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.66     Document Type: Article

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