Induction of labor and cervical ripening with oral pge2in risk pregnancies
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 66 (7) , 633-637
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00016348709022070
Abstract
A double-blind, placebo-controlled study was undertaken to evaluate the priming effect on the cervix and also the effect on the subsequent induction of labor. 0.5 mg oral PGE2 or placebo was given hourly for two 12-h periods. A total of 191 women with risk pregancies and Bishop score .ltoreq. 5 were studied. The induction of labor was carried out with oxytocin or oral PGE2 in a randomized manner. Labor was induced in 39% of the women during the PGE2 priming. The best result, 71% vaginal deliveries, was achieved with the combination of PGE2 priming and induction of labor with oxytocin.Keywords
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