Comparison of extraamniotic Foley catheter and intracervical prostaglandin E2 gel for preinduction cervical ripening

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 362-367

  Dalui, Rabindranath ^a   Suri, Vanita ^a   Ray, Pallab ^a   Gupta, Indu ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Extraamniotic Foley catheter; PGE2

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INFECTION; INTRACERVICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR INDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; CERVICAL RIPENING; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; OXYTOCICS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES;

EID: 16444379741     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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