Pregnancy outcome after gestational exposure to erythromycin - a population-based register study from Norway

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1053-1062

  Romøren, Maria ^a,b   Lindbæk, Morten ^a   Nordeng, Hedvig ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cardiovascular malformations; Drug safety; Erythromycin; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPIRAMYCIN;

ABORTION; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; APNEA; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GANGRENE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARCHIAFAVA BIGNAMI DISEASE; NORWAY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SPLEEN DISEASE; STILLBIRTH; TACHYPNEA;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869036434     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04286.x     Document Type: Article

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