Effects of Preterm Labor Drugs on Baby
Neonatal Complications of Beta-Sympathomimetics, Including Terbutaline:
- Tachycardia
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypoglycemia
- Hyperbilirubinemia
- Transient electrocardiographic changes
- Myocardial ischemia
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Hypotension
- Periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage
- Decreased myocardial contractility
Neonatal side effects of Magnesium Sulfate Therapy
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypercalcemia
- Motor depression
- Decreased muscle tone and drowsiness
- Respiratory depression
- Meconium ileus
- Long bone demineralization
- Congenital rickets
- Radiographic bone changes
- Neuromuscular blockade with gentamicin
- Marked hypotension with nifedipine
Source: Clinical Obstetrics
and Gynecology, Vol. 38, No. 4, December 1995, pp. 725-745.
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