Premature rupture of membranes at term with an unfavorable cervix: Comparison of expectant management, vaginal prostaglandin, and oxytocin induction

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1229-1233

  McCaul IV, James F ^a   Rogers, Lisa W ^a   Perry Jr , Kenneth G ^a   Martin, Rick W ^a   Allbert, John R ^a   Morrison, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR INDUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0030714162     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199712000-00013     Document Type: Article

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