title: Drug therapy for obstetric emergencies.
abstract: Drug therapy for the treatment of obstetric emergencies frequently consists of medications not commonly used by the emergency physician such as Rho(D) immune globulin, 15-methyl prostaglandin F2a (carboprost), and ritodrine hydrochloride. This article focuses on those agents for which emergency use is confined to the obstetric emergency or where the administration of a commonly used drug acquires unique characteristics because of the clinical situation. In either case, a thorough understanding of the indications, contraindications, dose, route of administration, and side effects of these drugs will allow prompt and effective management of a variety of obstetric emergencies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Doan-Wiggins
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*