A randomised comparison between sublingual, oral and vaginal route of misoprostol for pre-abortion cervical ripening in first-trimester pregnancy termination under local anaesthesia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-106

  Saxena, Pikee ^a,c   Sarda, Nivedita ^a   Salhan, Sudha ^a   Nandan, Deoki ^b  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

^c J 36 Saket ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Oral; Sublingual; Vaginal misoprostol

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; MISOPROSTOL; PENTAZOCINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NAUSEA; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; SPOTTING; TASTE DISORDER; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CERVICAL RIPENING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39049089073     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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