Assertion: atropine | /r/ObjectUse | used as premedication
Facets:
value: in obstetric anesthesia
type: LOCATION
value: in the diagnosis of fetal asphyxia
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Atropine has been used as a premedication in obstetric anesthesia, as a test of fetoplacental insufficiency, & in the diagnosis of fetal asphyxia (atropine given to the mother produces changes in the fetal heart rate: first bradycardia, then tachycardia.)