The effect of low-dose oxytocin infusion on cerebral hemodynamics in pregnant women

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 579-583

  Van Veen, Teelkien R ^a   Belfort, Michael A ^b   Zeeman, Gerda G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral hemodynamics; cerebral perfusion pressure; induction; Oxytocin; transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMODYNAMICS; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBRAL FLOW INDEX; CEREBRAL PERFUSION PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY VELOCITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE AREA PRODUCT; RESISTANCE INDEX;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LABOR, INDUCED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960843925     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1275384     Document Type: Article

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