A prospective study of high- versus low-dose oxytocin for induction of labor

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 636-641

  Hourvitz, Ariel ^a,b   Alcalay, Menachem ^a   Korach, Jacob ^a   Lusky, Ayala ^a   Barkai, Gad ^a   Seidman, Daniel S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Induction; Oxytocin; Trial of labor

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0029762428     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609054688     Document Type: Article

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