New Evidence on Carbetocin: Another Arrow in Our Quiver

Carbetocin is more heat stable than oxytocin with at least equivalent efficacy for preventing postpartum hemorrhage. It will certainly be helpful if the supplier can make it available in low-income country settings at a price comparable to oxytocin. But even so, programs will still need oxytocin and...

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Autor principal: Hodgins, Steve
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2018
Materias:
Editorials
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6172116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30287526
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00336
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Sumario:Carbetocin is more heat stable than oxytocin with at least equivalent efficacy for preventing postpartum hemorrhage. It will certainly be helpful if the supplier can make it available in low-income country settings at a price comparable to oxytocin. But even so, programs will still need oxytocin and other uterotonic medications.

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