ISSN:
1432-1041
Keywords:
atropine
;
placental transfer
;
fetal heart rate
;
maternal blood level
;
fetal blood level
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary In a first study, 28 pregnant women received a fast intravenous injection of atropine sulphate 12.5 µg/kg, as in a classical atropine test. Fetal tachycardia resulted. The maternal venous blood concentration of atropine, determined by bioassay on guinea pig ileum, decreased rapidly in the first 3–5 min and very slowly thereafter In a second study, 45 women in labour received the same dose i. v., and at birth atropine was measured both in maternal and cord blood. Placental transfer of atropine had occurred in every case and was highly variable, depending on the maternal blood concentration of the drug. This suggests that the atropine test is not mainly dependent on placental function.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00561745
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