Sublingual compared with oral misoprostol in term labour induction: A randomised controlled trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 645-650

  Shetty, Ashalatha ^a   Mackie, Lisa ^b   Danielian, Peter ^a   Rice, Pat ^a   Templeton, Allan ^a  

^a ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Aberdeen Maternity Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; ABORTIVE AGENT; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HEART; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TIME;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LENGTH OF STAY; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0142258806     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01459.x     Document Type: Article

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