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Magnesium Sulfate as a Second-Line Tocolytic Agent for Preterm Labor: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Kyushu Island [PDF]

Journal of Pregnancy, 2011
Objectives. We evaluated the efficacy of magnesium sulfate as a second-line tocolysis for 48 hours. Materials and Methods. A multi-institutional, simple 2-arm randomized controlled trial was performed. Forty-five women at 22 to 34 weeks of gestation were
Yasuyuki Kawagoe, Hiroshi Sameshima, Tsuyomu Ikenoue, Ichiro Yasuhi, Tatsuhiko Kawarabayashi   +4 more
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Atrial Fibrillation as a Rare Complication of the Use of Nifedipine as a Tocolytic Agent: A Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2018
Calcium channel blockers are commonly used tocolytic agents on Labor and Delivery units worldwide as part of the management of preterm labor. Despite their overall reassuring safety profile, rare cardiovascular complications have been reported.
Nikolina P. Docheva, Emily D. Slutsky, Roger Sandelin, James W. Van Hook   +3 more
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Outcome of vaginal progesterone as a tocolytic agent: randomized clinical trial. [PDF]

ISRN Obstet Gynecol, 2012
Vaginal progesterone has a potential beneficial effect in postponing of preterm labor by suppression of prostaglandins cascades. Although different studies evaluated the use of progesterone for preterm birth, the exact effect of which on prolongation of pregnancy remains unclear.
Saleh Gargari S, Habibolahi M, Zonobi Z, Khani Z, Sarfjoo FS, Kazemi Robati A, Etemad R, Karimi Z.   +7 more
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Comparison of terbutaline and atosiban as tocolytic agents in intrauterine repair of myelomeningocele: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Background: Myelomeningocele (MMC) is a neural tube defect disease. Antenatal repair of fetal MMC is an alternative to postnatal repair. Many agents can be used as tocolytics during the in utero fetal repair such as β2-agonists and oxytocin receptor ...
Shirley Andrade Santos, Fernando Souza Nani, Elaine Imaeda de Moura, Diogo Lima de Carvalho, Guilherme Jorge Mattos Miguel, Cristiane Maria Federicci Haddad, Joaquim Edson Vieira, Victor Bunduki, Mário Henrique Burlacchini de Carvalho, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco, Daniel Dante Cardeal, Hermann dos Santos Fernandes   +11 more
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Efficacy and Safety of Nifedipine as a Tocolytic Agent in Preterm Labor

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Objectives: To study the success or failure of pregnancy with nifedipine and the side effects of nifedipine. Materials and Methods: A prospective observational cohort study was conducted on 138 pregnant women between 28 and 34 weeks of gestation ...
Neelam Nalini, Anika Kujur, Bijeta Singh, Kshitij Aviraj Singh   +3 more
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Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation in pregnancy to treat acute pulmonary edema induced by tocolytic agents: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background We report a case of pulmonary edema induced by tocolytic agents that was successfully managed with noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) and resulted in extended gestation.
Kotaro Takahashi, Koji Nishijima, Masayuki Yamaguchi, Kensuke Matsumoto, Shunya Sugai, Takayuki Enomoto   +5 more
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Arrest of mouse preterm labor until term delivery by combination therapy with atosiban and mundulone, a natural product with tocolytic efficacy [PDF]

Pharmacological Research, 2023
There is a lack of FDA-approved tocolytics for the management of preterm labor (PL). In prior drug discovery efforts, we identified mundulone and mundulone acetate (MA) as inhibitors of in vitro intracellular Ca2+-regulated myometrial contractility.
Shajila Siricilla, Christopher J. Hansen, Jackson H. Rogers, Debasmita De, Carolyn L. Simpson, Alex G. Waterson, Gary A. Sulikowski, Stacey L. Crockett, Naoko Boatwright, Jeff Reese, Bibhash C. Paria, J. Newton, Jennifer L. Herington   +12 more
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Southeast Nigerian polyherbal (AJUMBISE): A potential uterotonic and tocolytic agents

Scientific African, 2020
Ajumbise is a polyherbal used by women in southeast Nigeria to enhance labor, expel retained placenta and blood clots after delivery, relief postpartum and menstrual pains and promote involution of the uterus.
S.N. Ijioma, E.E. Osim, A.A. Nwankwo, K.C. Kanu, D. Orieke   +4 more
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Gauging the safety and efficacy of nitroglycerine used transdermally as a tocolytic agent in females with preterm labor

Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research
Background: Preterm labor is the primary challenge in prenatal health care, leading to a high rate of mortality. As a result, in pregnant women with preterm labor, we use nitroglycerine transdermally as a tocolytic agent. The main objective of this study
Anand Tambat, Prashant Athawale, Chaitanya Deore   +2 more
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Ritodrine-associated Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema Diagnosed by Point-of-care Ultrasound: A Case Report of Twin Gestation [PDF]

Journal of Medical Ultrasound
Ritodrine hydrochloride, a beta-adrenergic tocolytic agent, can rarely cause acute noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, particularly in patients with multiple gestations or comorbidities.
Chih-Yu Chou, Chia-Ching Chen
doaj   +2 more sources