Ondansetron use during pregnancy: A case series

Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Ferreira, E ^a   Gillet, M ^a   Lelievre J ^a   Bussieres J F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Case series; Hyperemesis gravidarum; Ondansetron; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ONDANSETRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TACHYPNEA; TERATOGENICITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; ONDANSETRON; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858141275     PISSN: 17106222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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