Preinduction cervical ripening with the Foley catheter and saline infusion vs. cervical dinoprostone

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-213

  Moini, A ^a,b   Riazi, K ^a   Honar, H ^a   Hasanzadeh, Z ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Foley catheter; Labor induction; Prostaglandin E2

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0141615438     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(03)00266-2     Document Type: Article

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