Misoprostol vaginal insert for successful labor induction: A randomized controlled trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 533-541

  Wing, Deborah A ^a   Miller, Hugh ^a   Parker, Lamar ^a   Powers, Barbara L ^a   Rayburn, William F ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYSYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERINE HYPERTONIA; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; CERVICAL RIPENING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952034728     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318209d669     Document Type: Article

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