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Case Reports
. 1977 Apr;181(2):110-3.

[Birth analgesia: late effects on newborn infants? (author's transl)]

[Article in German]
K Riegel, K Messow, K Pielsticker
  • PMID: 878536
Case Reports

[Birth analgesia: late effects on newborn infants? (author's transl)]

[Article in German]
K Riegel et al. Z Geburtshilfe Perinatol. 1977 Apr.

Abstract

Based upon scanty literature we discuss, whether unexpected fatal apneic spells of two full-term, apparently vigorous newborn infants at an age of 3 and 37 hours, respectively, may be related to Pethidine (+ Levallorphane) given to their mothers shortly before birth.

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