Indomethacin therapy and chronic hemodialysis during pregnancy. A case report.
Numerous complications can prevent the successful outcome of a pregnancy conceived while a woman is undergoing chronic hemodialysis. Among the difficulties encountered, premature labor and polyhydramnios are common. In such a patient indomethacin was used to treat those problems, with the subsequent delivery of a healthy infant.
Dolkart
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Regional Perinatal Center, Arnot-Ogden Memorial Hospital, Elmira, New York.
Eshwar
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Reimers
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006831:Polyhydramnios / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014463:Ultrasonography
D007213:Indomethacin