Cervical ripening with prostaglandin E1: How an ambulatory method decreases the hospital stay in abortus with intrauterine fetal demise

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-58

  Hernandez Valencia, Marcelino ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b Circunvalacion Norte   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Fetus death; Prostaglandin E1

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TABLET; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ALPROSTADIL; CERVICAL RIPENING; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GELS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0037255884     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066386     Document Type: Article

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