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2013

Jennifer R Niebyl

Maternal-Fetal Exchange

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Drugs And Related Areas In Pregnancy, Jennifer Niebyl May 2013

Drugs And Related Areas In Pregnancy, Jennifer Niebyl

Jennifer R Niebyl

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Cardiac And Respiratory Drugs In Pregnancy, P. Gazaway, Jennifer Niebyl, J. Repke, S. Yaffe, M. Yerby May 2013

Cardiac And Respiratory Drugs In Pregnancy, P. Gazaway, Jennifer Niebyl, J. Repke, S. Yaffe, M. Yerby

Jennifer R Niebyl

Medical advances have led to safer pregnancies, but fetal toxicity of drugs remains enigmatic. For many, the jury is still out. Use these guidelines to treat pregnant patients safely. First of three articles.


Therapeutic Drugs In Pregnancy. Caution Is The Watchword, Jennifer Niebyl May 2013

Therapeutic Drugs In Pregnancy. Caution Is The Watchword, Jennifer Niebyl

Jennifer R Niebyl

Many medical conditions during pregnancy are best treated initially with nonpharmacologic remedies. Before a drug is used during pregnancy, the indications should be clear and the risk-benefit ratio should justify its use. Then, the minimum effective dose should be employed. If possible, therapy should be postponed until after the first trimester.


Lack Of Maternal Metabolic, Endocrine, And Environmental Influences In The Etiology Of Cleft Lip With Or Without Cleft Palate, Jennifer Niebyl, D. Blake, L. Rocco, R. Baumgardner, E. Mellits May 2013

Lack Of Maternal Metabolic, Endocrine, And Environmental Influences In The Etiology Of Cleft Lip With Or Without Cleft Palate, Jennifer Niebyl, D. Blake, L. Rocco, R. Baumgardner, E. Mellits

Jennifer R Niebyl

We studied metabolic, endocrine, and environmental factors in 59 women who had delivered a child with cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL +/- CP) and compared these values with those of 56 mothers of unaffected children. There was no significant difference between the two groups with respect to race, age, weight, height, education, parity, menstrual history, medical illnesses, or the use of contraceptives, tobacco, alcohol, or caffeine. All patients had a normal XX karyotype confirmed by the fluorescent banding technique. The two groups demonstrated no significant difference in test results of serum chemistries, glucose tolerance, serum or erythrocyte …