Castor oil, bath and/or enema for cervical priming and induction of labour

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Kelly, Anthony J ^a   Kavanagh, Josephine ^b   Thomas, Jane ^c  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTOR OIL; ENEMA; OXYTOCIC AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN;

CERVICAL ENEMA; CERVICAL PRIMING; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CASTOR OIL; CERVICAL RIPENING; CESAREAN SECTION; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; OXYTOCICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSTAGLANDINS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84891642395     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003099.pub2     Document Type: Review

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