Folia Medica Indonesiana
Vol. 53 No. 4 (2017): December 2017

EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY DIFFERENCES OF ISOXSUPRINE AND NIFEDIPINE AS TOCOLYTICS IN THE RISK OF PRETERM LABOR

Nur Oktavia (Unknown)
Yulistiani Yulistiani (Unknown)
Unedo H Markus (Unknown)
Hendriette Irene Mamo (Unknown)

Article Info

Publish Date
28 Dec 2017

Abstract

Premature labor is a cause of high rates of perinatal morbidity and mortality. The use of tocolytics is one of the efforts to handle the risk of preterm labor. Tocolytics which are widely used in Indonesia is isoxsuprine and nifedipine. The purpose of this study was to identify the difference of effectiveness and safety of isoxsuprine as tocolytics in the risk of preterm labor. This was an observational study in the form of a case study that was done in detail and depth to the patients who were diagnosed as imminent preterm labor. In conclusion, there were differences in the effectiveness and safety of isoxsuprine and nifedipine as tocolytics in the risk of preterm labor.

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Folia Medica Indonesiana
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FMI

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Universitas Airlangga

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Folia Medica Indonesiana publishes articles in the field of medical science in particular and health sciences in general, as well as a variety of other fields related to those two disciplines. Most of the articles are research article, and others are articles on case reports and literature review. ...