Tocolytic agents - Medications to stop labor.
Toxemia - See pre-eclampsia.
Tocolytic agents (medications used to inhibit labor) are widely used today to treat ... Read More Premature Rupture of the Membranes Rupture of the amniotic sac before labor begins.
Onset of labor before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy. Tocolytic agents (medications used to inhibit labor) are widely used today to treat preterm labor and permit pregnancy to proceed so the fetus can gain in size and maturity before delivery.
Drugs that relax the uterus (tocolytic agents) may be administered to stop contractions.
 See also: Fetus, Delivery, Pregnancy, Premature, Intrauterine
  
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