Combination of foley bulb and vaginal misoprostol compared with vaginal misoprostol alone for cervical ripening and labor induction: A randomized controlled trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 121, Issue 2 PART 1, 2013, Pages 247-252

  Carbone, Jeanine F ^a   Tuuli, Methodius G ^a   Fogertey, Patricia J ^a   Roehl, Kimberly A ^a   MacOnes, George A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; TERBUTALINE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FOLEY BULB; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

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

EID: 84873837645     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31827e5dca     Document Type: Article

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