Use of Cervical Prostaglandin E2 Gel in Patients with Previous Cesarean Section

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 309-312

  Stone, J L ^a   Lockwood, C J ^a   Berkowitz, G ^a   Alvarez, M ^a   Lapinski, R ^a   Valcamonico, A ^a   Berkowitz, R L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; GEL; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PARITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; TACHYCARDIA; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR COMPLICATION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 0028167939     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994600     Document Type: Article

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