title: [Cardiovascular changes during ethanol-tocolysis].
abstract: The cardiovascular effects of an intravenous infusion of a 5% ethanol-10% fructose-solution was examined in 10 healthy late pregnant women with the method of quantitative sphygmometry. There are insignificant changes of the arterial pressure, but increase of stroke volume, cardiac output, work and power and a decrease of total peripheral resistance. In spite of these favourable hemodynamic alterations, particularly the constant heart rate, ethanol should be used only for a short-time-tocolysis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000187:drug effects*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007745:Labor Onset / Q000187:drug effects; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000187:drug effects*; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000188:drug therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol
vernacular_title: Herz-Kreislauf-Veränderungen während der Athanol-Tokolyse.