Defining uterine tachysystole: How much is too much?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 290.e1-290.e6

  Stewart, Robert D ^a   Bleich, April T ^a   Lo, Julie Y ^a   Alexander, James M ^a   McIntire, Donald D ^a   Leveno, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

abnormal labor; misoprostol; uterine hyperstimulation; uterine tachysystole

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; UTERINE TACHYSYSTOLE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 84866905950     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.07.032     Document Type: Article

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