"Tocolysis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Any drug treatment modality designed to inhibit UTERINE CONTRACTION. It is used in pregnant women to arrest PREMATURE LABOR.
| Descriptor ID |
D015145
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.875.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Tocolysis- Tocolysis
- Tocolyses
- Tocolytic Therapy
- Tocolytic Treatment
- Tocolytic Treatments
- Treatment, Tocolytic
- Treatments, Tocolytic
- Therapy, Tocolytic
- Therapies, Tocolytic
- Tocolytic Therapies
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Transient symptomatic subendocardial ischemia during intravenous magnesium sulfate tocolytic therapy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1992 Jan; 166(1 Pt 1):33-5.