Preterm labor: current tocolytic options for the treatment of preterm labor
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Tocolytic therapy for acute preterm labor.
The pathophysiology leading to preterm labor is not well understood and often multifactorial; initiating factors include intrauterine infection, inflammation, ischemia, overdistension, and hemorrhage. Given these different potential causes, directing therapy for preterm labor has been difficult and suboptimal. To date, no single drug has been identified as successful in treating all of the unde...
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On December 6, 1999, under Public Law 106-129, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) was reauthorized and renamed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The law authorizes AHRQ to continue its research on the cost, quality, and outcomes of health care, and expands its role to improve patient safety and address medical errors. This report may be used, in whole or...
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عنوان ژورنال: Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1465-6566,1744-7666
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2014.880110