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INTRAVENOUS OXYTOCIN AND ORAL PROSTAGLANDIN E2 FOR RIPENING OF THE UNFAVOURABLE CERVIX
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12506.x
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1471-0528/asset/cover.gif?v=1&s=b4e1d96c46e18c61210d584b63c13ee375cf562b "BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology")
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 84, Issue 11, pages 846–854, November 1977
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Valentine, B. H. (1977), INTRAVENOUS OXYTOCIN AND ORAL PROSTAGLANDIN E2 FOR RIPENING OF THE UNFAVOURABLE CERVIX. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 84: 846–854. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12506.x
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Summary
A clinical trial involving 60 patients was conducted to assess the relative efficacy of intravenous oxytocin and oral prostaglandin E2 in ripening the unfavourable cervix, when given as a priming dose on the day before induction of labour. There was significant improvement in the Bishop score, and the subsequent induction-delivery interval following priming with prostaglandin. This improvement appeared to be dose-related.