Randomised comparison between a loading and incremental dose model for ritodrine administration in preterm labour
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Randomised comparison between a loading and incremental dose model for ritodrine administration in preterm labour.
OBJECTIVE To compare a new loading dose regimen for intravenous ritodrine administration in preterm labour with the conventional dose regimen. DESIGN Multicentre randomised trial using numbered opaque sealed envelopes. SETTING Five teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS Women (n = 203) in preterm labour at less than 34 weeks of gestation. INTERVENTIONS Women received either...
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عنوان ژورنال: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1470-0328,1471-0528
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09840.x