Uterine and fetal Doppler flow changes after misoprostol and oxytocin therapy for induction of labor in post-term pregnancies

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 139-145

  Lemancewicz, A ^a   Urban, R ^a   Skotnicki, M Z ^a   Karpiuk, A ^b   Urban, J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b BIALYSTOK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arcuate artery; Doppler; Misoprostol; Oxytocin; Umbilical artery; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032748250     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(99)00160-5     Document Type: Article

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