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Obstet Gynecol
; 70(3 Pt 2): 478-80, 1987 Sep.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3627608
RESUMEN
A 26-year-old woman with a triplet pregnancy was treated prophylactically with ritodrine beginning at 15 weeks' gestation. At 32 weeks, she was admitted in preterm labor, and over the next 12 days received high-dose oral or intravenous ritodrine. Three female infants were delivered by cesarean section after spontaneous rupture of the membranes. Postoperatively, she developed profound hypoglycemia with inappropriately high insulin levels. Maternal hypoglycemia after ritodrine therapy in pregnancy has not been reported previously. We discuss possible mechanisms.