Adverse drug reactions to tocolytic treatment for preterm labour: Prospective cohort study

Objective To evaluate the incidence of serious maternal complications after the use of various tocolytic drugs for the treatment of preterm labour in routine clinical situations. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting 28 hospitals in the Netherlands and Belgium. Participants 1920 consecutive women treated with tocolytics for threatened preterm labour. Main outcome measures Maternal adverse events (those suspected of being causally related to treatment were considered adverse drug reactions) leading to cessation of treatment. Results An independent panel evaluated the recorded adverse events,... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Heus, R. (Roel) de
Mol, B.W.J. (Ben)
Erwich, J.J.H.M.
Geijn, H.P. (Herman) van
Gyselaers, W.J. (Wilfried)
Hanssens, M. (Myriam)
Harmark, L. (Linda)
Holsbeke, C.D. (Caroline) van
Duvekot, J.J. (Hans)
Famschobben, F.
Wolf, H. (Hans Uwe)
Visser, G.H. (Gerhard Henk)
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Schlagwörter: Belgium / Netherlands / adult / adverse drug reaction / anaphylactic shock / article / atosiban / beta adrenergic receptor stimulating agent / calcium antagonist / chemically induced disorder / clinical trial / cohort analysis / comorbidity / controlled study / deep vein thrombosis / dizziness / drug combination / drug dose reduction / drug efficacy / drug withdrawal / dyspnea / female / fenoterol / fetus / fetus death / gestational age / glyceryl trinitrate / headache / heart failure / heart infarction / hospital admission / human / hypotension / hypoxia / incidence / indometacin / lung edema / magnesium sulfate / major clinical study / maternal age / maternal mortality / membrane rupture / multicenter study / nausea / newborn death / nifedipine / pregnancy / pregnancy complication / premature labor / priority journal
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://repub.eur.nl/pub/18167

Objective To evaluate the incidence of serious maternal complications after the use of various tocolytic drugs for the treatment of preterm labour in routine clinical situations. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting 28 hospitals in the Netherlands and Belgium. Participants 1920 consecutive women treated with tocolytics for threatened preterm labour. Main outcome measures Maternal adverse events (those suspected of being causally related to treatment were considered adverse drug reactions) leading to cessation of treatment. Results An independent panel evaluated the recorded adverse events, without knowledge of the type of tocolytic used. Of the 1920 women treated with tocolytics, 1327 received a single course of treatment (69.1%), 282 sequential courses (14.7%), and 311 combined courses (16.2%). Adverse drug reactions were categorised as serious or mild in 14 cases each. The overall incidence of serious adverse drug reaction was 0.7%. Compared with atosiban, the relative risk of an adverse drug reaction for single treatment with a (3 adrenoceptor agonist was 22.0 (95% confidence interval 3.6 to 138.0) and for single treatment with a calcium antagonist was 12 (1.9 to 69). Multiple drugtocolysis led to five serious adverse drug reactions (1.6%). Multiple gestation, preterm rupture of membranes, and comorbidity were not independent risk factors for adverse drug reactions. Conclusions The use of (3 adrenoceptor agonists or multiple tocolytics for preventing preterm birth is associated with a high incidence of serious adverse drug reactions. Indometacin and atosiban were the only drugs not associated with serious ad