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Placenta Previa

New Placenta Previa Research from Medical Center Outlined

Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 22nd, 2011

2011 DEC 22 -- New research, "Rhabdomyolysis caused by tocolytic therapy with oral ritodrine hydrochloride in a pregnant woman with placenta previa," is the subject of a report. "Oral-ritodrine-hydrochloride-induced rhabdomyolysis is rare. We report a case of oral-ritodrine-hydrochloride-induced rhabdomyolysis in a pregnant woman with placenta previa without neuromuscular disorders," researchers in Chiba, Japan report.

"The patient was a 30-year-old, Japanese primigravida woman, who became pregnant spontaneously. At 23 gestational weeks, she was diagnosed as having placenta previa and prophylactic oral ritodrine hydrochloride (15 mg/day) was initiated. At...

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