Misoprostol for intrauterine fetal death

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Gomez Ponce de Leon R ^a   Wing, D ^b   Fiala, C ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Gynmed Clinic   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fetal demise; Intrauterine fetal death; Medical management; Misoprostol; Second and third trimester

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DIARRHEA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; FETUS DEATH; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MALPRESENTATION; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATIENT MONITORING; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM ATONY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RETAINED PLACENTA; REVIEW; RISK; SAFETY; SHIVERING; UTERUS RUPTURE;

EID: 36049018015     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.09.010     Document Type: Review

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