title: A needed information source.
abstract: Most sources of information regarding drugs in pregnancy include information on whether a drug causes congenital anomalies and whether a drug causes changes in fetal function or neonatal adaptation. Therapeutic issues related to the treatment of maternal disease are not readily available. Despite known physiologic changes of pregnancy, drug dosages are widely assumed to be the same as the healthy adult. An informational source is needed which addresses the therapeutic issues of pregnant women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg Medical School, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA. mcf810@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Frederiksen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004346:Drug Information Services; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000187:drug effects*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020407:Internet; D018579:Patient Selection; D010599:Pharmacokinetics; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016387:Women's Health
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents