Can we use a lower intravaginal dose of misoprostol in the medical management of miscarriage? A randomised controlled study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-73

  Petersen, Scott G ^a   Perkins, Anneliese ^a   Gibbons, Kristen ^b,c   Bertolone, Julia ^a,d   Devenish Meares, Paul ^a   Cave, Donald ^a   Mahomed, Kassam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MATER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Toowoomba Hospital   (Australia)

^d IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

dose; medical management; miscarriage; misoprostol; pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FAINTNESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE ABORTION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MISSED ABORTION; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERUS RUPTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MISOPROSTOL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874105093     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12009     Document Type: Article

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