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dc.contributor.authorPapanikolaou, E. G.en
dc.contributor.authorPlachouras, N.en
dc.contributor.authorDrougia, A.en
dc.contributor.authorAndronikou, S.en
dc.contributor.authorVlachou, C.en
dc.contributor.authorStefos, T.en
dc.contributor.authorParaskevaidis, E.en
dc.contributor.authorZikopoulos, K.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T19:28:32Z-
dc.date.available2015-11-24T19:28:32Z-
dc.identifier.issn1477-7827-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/22905-
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dc.subjectAdulten
dc.subjectCohort Studiesen
dc.subjectDinoprostone/administration & dosage/*pharmacologyen
dc.subjectFemaleen
dc.subjectHumansen
dc.subjectInfant, Newbornen
dc.subject*Informed Consenten
dc.subjectLabor, Induced/*methodsen
dc.subjectMisoprostol/administration & dosage/*pharmacologyen
dc.subjectOxytocics/administration & dosage/*pharmacologyen
dc.subject*Parityen
dc.subjectPregnancyen
dc.subjectPregnancy Outcomeen
dc.subjectTerm Birth/*drug effectsen
dc.subjectTime Factorsen
dc.titleComparison of misoprostol and dinoprostone for elective induction of labour in nulliparous women at full term: a randomized prospective studyen
heal.typejournalArticle-
heal.type.enJournal articleen
heal.type.elΆρθρο Περιοδικούel
heal.identifier.primary10.1186/1477-7827-2-70-
heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15450119-
heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://www.rbej.com/content/pdf/1477-7827-2-70.pdf-
heal.languageen-
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heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικήςel
heal.publicationDate2004-
heal.abstractBACKGROUND: The objective of this randomized prospective study was to compare the efficacy of 50 mcg vaginal misoprostol and 3 mg dinoprostone, administered every nine hours for a maximum of three doses, for elective induction of labor in a specific cohort of nulliparous women with an unfavorable cervix and more than 40 weeks of gestation. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred and sixty-three pregnant women with more than 285 days of gestation were recruited and analyzed. The main outcome measures were time from induction to delivery and incidence of vaginal delivery within 12 and 24 hours. Admission rate to the neonatal intensive care unit within 24 hours post delivery was a secondary outcome. RESULTS: The induction-delivery interval was significantly lower in the misoprostol group than in the dinoprostone group (11.9 h vs. 15.5 h, p < 0.001). With misoprostol, more women delivered within 12 hours (57.5% vs. 32.5%, p < 0.01) and 24 hours (98.7% vs. 91.4%, p < 0.05), spontaneous rupture of the membranes occurred more frequently (38.8% vs. 20.5%, p < 0.05), there was less need for oxytocin augmentation (65.8% vs. 81.5%, p < 0.05) and fewer additional doses were required (7.5% vs. 22%, p < 0.05). Although not statistically significant, a lower Caesarean section (CS) rate was observed with misoprostol (7.5% vs. 13.3%, p > 0.05) but with the disadvantage of higher abnormal fetal heart rate (FHR) tracings (22.5% vs. 12%, p > 0.05). From the misoprostol group more neonates were admitted to the intensive neonatal unit, than from the dinoprostone group (13.5% vs. 4.8%, p > 0.05). One woman had an unexplained stillbirth following the administration of one dose of dinoprostone. CONCLUSIONS: Vaginal misoprostol, compared with dinoprostone in the regimens used, is more effective in elective inductions of labor beyond 40 weeks of gestation. Nevertheless, this is at the expense of more abnormal FHR tracings and more admissions to the neonatal unit, indicating that the faster approach is not necessarily the better approach to childbirth.en
heal.journalNameReprod Biol Endocrinolen
heal.journalTypepeer-reviewed-
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