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Experience With An Adolescent Pregnancy Program. A Preliminary Report, D. Youngs, Jennifer Niebyl, D. Blake, D. Shipp, J. Stanley, T. King
Experience With An Adolescent Pregnancy Program. A Preliminary Report, D. Youngs, Jennifer Niebyl, D. Blake, D. Shipp, J. Stanley, T. King
Jennifer R Niebyl
A program has been designed to give comprehensive health care services to pregnant adolescents. The program components include community liason, patient education, counseling and social services, a nurse "on call" program for labor and delivery, and pediatric nurse-practitioner followup. In addition, a drug use identification component screens the patients by interview and urinalysis. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy occurred in 10% of the first 202 patients. Forty-three percent had anemia (hematocrit less than 35%), and screening cervical cultures for gonorrhea were positive in 3.5%. Cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana constituted the most common nonmedical drugs used, and aspirin the most common medical …
Randomized Comparative Trial Of Indomethacin And Ritodrine For The Long-Term Treatment Of Preterm Labor, R. Besinger, Jennifer Niebyl, W. Keyes, T. Johnson
Randomized Comparative Trial Of Indomethacin And Ritodrine For The Long-Term Treatment Of Preterm Labor, R. Besinger, Jennifer Niebyl, W. Keyes, T. Johnson
Jennifer R Niebyl
A randomized prospective trial was performed to compare the efficacy and safety of ritodrine and indomethacin in the long-term treatment of preterm labor. Forty patients with intact membranes in preterm labor at 23 to 34 weeks' gestation were randomized to receive either intravenous ritodrine or oral indomethacin as the first-line tocolytic agent. Successful intravenous ritodrine therapy was followed by oral terbutaline therapy, and indomethacin-treated patients continued to receive oral indomethacin. Treatment failures were defined as progressive preterm labor or patient intolerance, and these patients were treated with intravenous magnesium sulfate. Ritodrine and indomethacin were equally successful in delaying preterm birth …
Preterm Parturition. Prostaglandin Synthetase Inhibitors, Jennifer Niebyl
Preterm Parturition. Prostaglandin Synthetase Inhibitors, Jennifer Niebyl
Jennifer R Niebyl
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