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Tocolysis after preterm premature rupture of membranes: Time for change? 2021

Elsa Lorthe, and Gilles Kayem
Université de Paris, Epidemiology and Statistics Research Center/CRESS, INSERM, INRA, F-75004, Paris, France; Unit of Population Epidemiology, Department of Primary Care, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: elsa.lorthe@gmail.com.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D005260 Female Females
D005322 Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture Spontaneous tearing of the membranes surrounding the FETUS any time before the onset of OBSTETRIC LABOR. Preterm PROM is membrane rupture before 37 weeks of GESTATION. Premature Rupture of Membrane (Pregnancy),PROM (Pregnancy),Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes,Preterm PROM (Pregnancy),Preterm Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes,Membrane Premature Rupture (Pregnancy),Membrane Premature Ruptures (Pregnancy),PROM, Preterm (Pregnancy)
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015145 Tocolysis Any drug treatment modality designed to inhibit UTERINE CONTRACTION. It is used in pregnant women to arrest PREMATURE LABOR. Tocolytic Therapy,Therapy, Tocolytic,Tocolytic Treatment,Therapies, Tocolytic,Tocolyses,Tocolytic Therapies,Tocolytic Treatments,Treatment, Tocolytic,Treatments, Tocolytic
D015149 Tocolytic Agents Drugs that prevent preterm labor and immature birth by suppressing uterine contractions (TOCOLYSIS). Agents used to delay premature uterine activity include magnesium sulfate, beta-mimetics, oxytocin antagonists, calcium channel inhibitors, and adrenergic beta-receptor agonists. The use of intravenous alcohol as a tocolytic is now obsolete. Tocolytic,Tocolytic Agent,Tocolytic Effect,Tocolytic Effects,Tocolytics,Agent, Tocolytic,Agents, Tocolytic,Effect, Tocolytic,Effects, Tocolytic

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