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Two Years Experience with Prostaglandin E 2 for the Induction of Labour
Author(s) -
S. M. Karim,
R.C Patel,
S.D Sharma,
R.R Trussell
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
the journal of the asian federation of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0377-0532
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1971.tb00299.x
Subject(s) - prostaglandin e2 , duration (music) , medicine , anesthesia , prostaglandin f , prostaglandin , physics , acoustics
Induction of labour with intravenous infusion of 0.5‐2.0μg!minute prostaglandin E 2 was. attempted in 300 women and was successful in 298. The duration of infusion varied between 90 minutes and 18 hours. The majority of the patients however, required an infusion of less than 12 hours duration and delivered within 18 hours.