Maternal methadone therapy increases QTc interval in newborn infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Parikh, Ravikumar ^a   Hussain, T ^b   Holder, G ^a   Bhoyar, A ^c   Ewer, A K ^a,d  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; NORMAL VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; TACHYCARDIA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; METHADONE; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951599988     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.181701     Document Type: Article

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