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Neonatal periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage after maternal beta-sympathomimetic tocolysis. The March of Dimes Multicenter Study Group.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1415418     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to determine if the rate of periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage is increased in the offspring of women who received a beta-sympathomimetic agent as part of the management of preterm labor. STUDY DESIGN: This retrospective study consists of 2827 women who were delivered of a singleton, live infant free of congenital neurologic anomalies between 25 and 36 completed weeks of gestation during a multicenter preterm birth prevention trial. The data were analyzed, adjusting for type of tocolytic agent, race, infant sex, gestational age, birth weight, health care center, route of delivery, indication for delivery, intrapartum fetal distress, respiratory distress syndrome, and neonatal sepsis. RESULTS: The overall incidence of periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage in this population was 5.6%. In a univariate analysis in which no adjustment was made for potentially confounding variables, beta-sympathomimetic tocolysis was found to be associated with nearly a fourfold increase in the incidence of periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage when compared with the use of either magnesium sulfate or no tocolytic agent. The results of a multivariate regression analysis revealed that beta-sympathomimetic agents were associated with a statistically significant increase in the overall incidence of periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage (odds ratio 2.47, 95% confidence interval 1.34 to 4.56, p = 0.004) and a similar, but not significant, increase in the incidence of grades 3 and 4 periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage (odds ratio 2.50, 95% confidence interval 0.96 to 6.48, p = 0.06). CONCLUSION: beta-Sympathomimetic tocolytic therapy may be associated with a more than twofold increase in the incidence of neonatal periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage.
Authors:
L J Groome; R L Goldenberg; S P Cliver; R O Davis; R L Copper
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology     Volume:  167     ISSN:  0002-9378     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.     Publication Date:  1992 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-11-17     Completed Date:  1992-11-17     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370476     Medline TA:  Am J Obstet Gynecol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  873-9     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Birth Weight
Cerebral Hemorrhage / chemically induced*
Cerebral Ventricles*
Female
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases / chemically induced*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sympathomimetics / adverse effects*
Tocolytic Agents / adverse effects*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Sympathomimetics; 0/Tocolytic Agents

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