Audit of domperidone use as a galactogogue at an Australian tertiary teaching hospital

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-37

  Grzeskowiak, Luke E ^a   Lim, Sze Wen ^a   Thomas, Alicia E ^b   Ritchie, Usha ^b   Gordon, Andrea L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

domperidone; galactogogues; lactation

Indexed keywords

DOMPERIDONE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GALACTOGOGUE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PARITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; DOMPERIDONE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GALACTOGOGUES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PARITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84873594814     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334412459804     Document Type: Article

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