1. POLY-PLETHYSMOGRAPHIC STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF RITODRINE ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM OF PATIENTS IN LABOUR
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G. Bentivoglio, Repetti F, Nicola Ragni, D. Pelucco, M. Di Muzio, and P. F. Pinto
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Adult ,Cardiac output ,Adolescent ,Heart disease ,Blood Pressure ,Propanolamines ,Electrocardiography ,Obstetric Labor, Premature ,Heart Rate ,Pregnancy ,medicine ,Humans ,Plethysmograph ,Labor, Obstetric ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Hemodynamics ,Phonocardiography ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Heart ,medicine.disease ,Pulse pressure ,Plethysmography ,Blood pressure ,Anesthesia ,Ritodrine ,Blood Circulation ,Female ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The effects of ritodrine infusion on the cardiovascular system of six women in threatened or premature labour are reported. In contrast to other betamimetics, ritodrine caused a moderate rise in systolic blood pressure, the corresponding fall in diastolic pressure leading to a widened pulse pressure but no risk of hypotension. Ritodrine caused a rise in cardiac output, and was well tolerated by the patients. Special care should be taken in treating patients with known heart disease.
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- 1979
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