Vaginal misoprostol in managing premature rupture of membranes

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 515-520

  Ayad, I A A ^a  

^a Prince Rashid Ibn Al Hassan Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; CERVICAL RIPENING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GELS; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SAFETY; TACHYCARDIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES;

EID: 10644254334     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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