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Volume 344:459-460 February 8, 2001 Number 6
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Review of Expecting Trouble: The Myth of Prenatal Care in America

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To the Editor: In her review of my book, Expecting Trouble: The Myth of Prenatal Care in America (Oct. 12 issue),1 Dr. Klerman correctly asserts that one benefit of tocolysis is that it may delay premature delivery until corticosteroids have been administered. However, the type of tocolysis to which she refers is short-term, intravenous tocolysis (<=48 hours). In my book, however, I explicitly refer to the ineffectiveness of long-term, oral tocolysis (which is initiated after intravenous tocolysis has halted preterm uterine contractions and the corticosteroids have exerted their full effect on the fetus).

Contrary to the reviewer's statement, I . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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