Maternal use of oral decongestants and delivery outcome
(2009) In Salud i Ciencia 17(1). p.41-45- Abstract
- The study extends a previous investigation on the use of oral decongestants during pregnancy with another 1 000 women (1 017 infants) who reported the use of such drugs in early pregnancy and 1 125 women (1 145 infants) who had such drugs prescribed later in pregnancy. The results on the beneficial delivery outcome after late use of the drugs with a reduced rate of preterm birth and low birth weight were verified and it was also shown that the rates of large-for-gestational age and heavy infants were increased. After early use of such drugs, no increased risk of congenital malformation was seen and previously published data on an association with certain malformations, thought to be due to vascular disruption, could not be supported. It is... (More)
- The study extends a previous investigation on the use of oral decongestants during pregnancy with another 1 000 women (1 017 infants) who reported the use of such drugs in early pregnancy and 1 125 women (1 145 infants) who had such drugs prescribed later in pregnancy. The results on the beneficial delivery outcome after late use of the drugs with a reduced rate of preterm birth and low birth weight were verified and it was also shown that the rates of large-for-gestational age and heavy infants were increased. After early use of such drugs, no increased risk of congenital malformation was seen and previously published data on an association with certain malformations, thought to be due to vascular disruption, could not be supported. It is suggested that pregnancy rhinitis as an indication for the use of oral decongestants could be associated with a well functioning placenta and a good delivery outcome. (Less)
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- author
- Källén, Bengt LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2009
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- malformations, congenital, low birth weight, oral decongestants, preterm birth
- in
- Salud i Ciencia
- volume
- 17
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 41 - 45
- publisher
- Sociedad Iberoamericana de Información Científica (SIIC)
- external identifiers
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- wos:000271275300007
- scopus:70449393087
- ISSN
- 1667-8990
- language
- Spanish
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 10e12c03-adc8-4762-9501-541c3d3050cf (old id 1504718)
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- 2016-04-01 12:10:14
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title = {{Maternal use of oral decongestants and delivery outcome}},
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