Combination of tocolytic agents for inhibiting preterm labour. [PDF]
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2014 Preterm birth represents the single largest cause of mortality and morbidity for newborns and a major cause of morbidity for pregnant women. Tocolytic agents include a wide range of drugs that can inhibit labour to prolong pregnancy. This may gain time to allow the fetus to mature further before being born, permit antenatal corticosteroid ...
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Different impacts of various tocolytic agents on increased risk of postoperative hemorrhage in preterm labor women undergoing Cesarean delivery: A population-based cohort study. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore), 2020 Lee HL +6 more
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Short-term tocolytics for preterm delivery – current perspectives [PDF]
International Journal of Women's Health, 2014 David M Haas, Tara Benjamin, Renata Sawyer, Sara K QuinneyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USAAbstract: Administration of short-term tocolytic agents can prolong pregnancy for women in ...
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Comparative effectiveness and safety of nifedipine and magnesium sulfate as treatment options for preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjectives Preterm birth (PTB) is a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Effective use of tocolytic agents may improve perinatal outcomes.
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A comparison of the effects of the most commonly used tocolytic agents on maternal and fetal blood flow. [PDF]
Turk J Obstet Gynecol, 2016 Güden M +7 more
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Effects of sympathomimetic tocolytic agents on the fetus [PDF]
Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 1974 The variety of factors controlling the onset of parturition, as well as the very complex mechanisms which physiologically maintain pregnancy by inhibiting uterine contractions are only partially understood today. As long as the triggering mechanisms, and the conditions favoring timely and early labor are incompletely known, symptomatic therapeutic ...
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Efficacy of oral nifedipine as a tocolytic agent
International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021 Background: Preterm birth is defined as birth at less than 37 weeks period of gestation, is the most important single determinant of adverse infant outcome in terms of both survival and quality of life. The need for tocolysis in terms of safety and efficacy is necessary to decrease perinatal mortality and morbidity in preterm labour.
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Fetal and neonatal effects of indomethacin used as a tocolytic agent
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1985 beta-Mimetic agents are currently recommended for tocolysis. Serious adverse reactions including maternal death may complicate their use. Prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors are effective tocolytic agents. Reports of potential adverse effects have limited clinical use in North America.
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EFFECT OF TOCOLYTIC AGENTS AND BED REST ON PRETERM LABOUR [PDF]
, 2023 Objective: To compare the success rate of nifedipine administration as a tocolytic agent and bed rest for preventing uterine contraction of pregnant women with threatened preterm labour.Methods: A total of 188 pregnant women with threatened preterm labour between 26-35 weeks were enrolled in this study.
Iqra Habib Dr. Amna Jabbar
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Employing nifedipine as a tocolytic agent prior to external cephalic version [PDF]
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2008 AbstractBackground. External cephalic version (ECV) is accepted as a means of reducing the rate of breech presentation at term. Routine use of tocolysis prior to an ECV has been described to increase its success rate. The study's objective was to evaluate the efficacy of oral nifedipine as a tocolytic agent prior to ECV, and to compare it with ...
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