A randomized trial of pulsatile vs continuous oxytocin infusion for labor induction

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-23

  Salamalekis, E ^a   Vitoratos, N ^a   Kassanos, D ^a   Loghis, C ^a   Panayotopoulos, N ^a   Sykiotis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Oxytocin; Oxytocin infusion; Perinatal morbidity; Pulsatile

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSATILE DRUG RELEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LABOR, INDUCED; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0034099275     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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