2019
DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000003274
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Oral or Vaginal Misoprostol for Labor Induction and Cesarean Delivery Risk

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether cervical ripening with oral misoprostol increases cesarean delivery risk and prolongs time to vaginal delivery compared with vaginal misoprostol in a predominantly overweight population. METHODS: This single center, retrospective cohort study was performed at a tertiary care academic medical center and compared labor induction outcomes with vaginal misoprostol to outcomes with oral misoprostol after a complete institutiona… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
5

Citation Types

6
15
0
3

Year Published

2019
2019
2022
2022

Publication Types

Select...
5
1

Relationship

0
6

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 19 publications
(24 citation statements)
references
References 10 publications
6
15
0
3
Order By: Relevance
“…This was not in consistence with finding by many studies. [23][24][25] While Mahajan study in 2018 had the same finding as the current study. 18 This could be explained as well as expected as different dosage regimen between these studies and this study.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
See 4 more Smart Citations
“…This was not in consistence with finding by many studies. [23][24][25] While Mahajan study in 2018 had the same finding as the current study. 18 This could be explained as well as expected as different dosage regimen between these studies and this study.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
“…This wasn't the same as results of many studies revealing higher rate of Tachy systole with vaginal route of administration and again it may be expected with the understand of pharmacokinetics of misoprostol. 24,26,27,32 While studies done by had no difference in occurrence of uterine tachysystole and by in depth read of all these studies authors could owe this difference in different dose used orally and its impact on induction delivery time as well as uterine tachysystole. 25,30 The neonatal outcome at the end of the study was the same in both groups and this in consistent with many of the previous published data.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
See 3 more Smart Citations