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Management of severe fetal bradycardia with ritodrine
Author(s) -
HUTCHON D. J. R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1982.tb04724.x
Subject(s) - ritodrine , bradycardia , medicine , fetal heart rate , fetus , anesthesia , abnormality , heart rate , cardiology , pregnancy , blood pressure , gestation , genetics , biology , psychiatry
Summary. Four patients with severe fetal bradycardia in labour were treated with ritodrine; recovery of the fetal heart rate occurred immediately. The infants were delivered in satisfactory condition and paediatric follow‐up has not shown any neurological abnormality.