Premium
Nifedipine administered in pregnancy: effect on the development of children at 18 months
Author(s) -
Bortolus Renata,
Ricci Elena,
Chatenoud Liliane,
Parazzini Fabio
Publication year - 2000
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.1471-0528.2000.tb13342.x
Subject(s) - nifedipine , pregnancy , calcium channel blocker , medicine , obstetrics , anesthesia , pediatrics , calcium , genetics , biology
The safety of use of the calcium channel blocker nifedipine in pregnancy as it affects child development has not been well evaluated. We report the results, with regard to the safety for children of use of nifedipine in pregnancy, on children followed up at 18 months of age born from women recruited in a study comparing routine treatment with nifedipine compared with no treatment 1 .