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- Title
Simplifying oral misoprostol protocols for the induction of labour.
- Authors
Weeks, AD; Navaratnam, K; Alfirevic, Z; Weeks, A D
- Abstract
The article offers a commentary on a study which examined the cost-effectiveness of various labor induction regimes and has found that the use of misoprostol as the most cost-effective method and also had a favourable safety profile. Topics covered include comparison of oral misoprostol with dinoprostone, safety and effectiveness of misoprostol over Foley catheter, and the impact of administration and dosage of misoprostol on its effectiveness in labor induction.
- Subjects
MISOPROSTOL; INDUCED labor (Obstetrics); COST effectiveness; DRUG efficacy; DINOPROSTONE; URINARY catheters
- Publication
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2017, Vol 124, Issue 11, p1642
- ISSN
1470-0328
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/1471-0528.14657