For how long should oxytocin be continued during induction of labour?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-334

  Daniel Spiegel, Etty ^b   Weiner, Zeev ^b   Ben Shlomo, Izhar ^b   Shalev, Eliezer ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OXYTOCIN; PETHIDINE; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRESENTATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR STAGE 1; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR, INDUCED; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1842557391     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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