Efficacy and safety of six hourly vaginal misoprostol versus intracervical dinoprostone: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-124

  Denguezli, Walid ^a,b   Trimech, Adnene ^a   Haddad, Anis ^a   Hajjaji, Awatef ^a   Saidani, Zahra ^a   Faleh, Raja ^a   Sakouhi, Mohamed ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b NONE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Dinoprostone; Labour induction; Misoprostol

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SPASFON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GEL; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYSYSTOLE; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; CERVICAL RIPENING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DINOPROSTONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34347406220     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0313-1     Document Type: Article

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