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INTRAMUSCULAR ADMINISTRATION OF 15‐METHYL PROSTAGLANDIN F 2α FOR INDUCTION OF LABOUR IN PATIENTS WITH INTRAUTERINE FETAL DEATH OR AN ANENCEPHALIC FETUS
Author(s) -
Ylikorkala O.,
Kirkinen P.,
Järvinen P. A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00873.x
Subject(s) - fetus , labor induction , medicine , fetal death , administration (probate law) , prostaglandin f , obstetrics , induction of labor , prostaglandin , anesthesia , pregnancy , biology , oxytocin , genetics , political science , law
Summary The 15‐methyl analogue of PGF 2α was administered intramuscularly between 23 and 36 weeks of gestation, to induce labour in 11 mothers with intrauterine fetal death and two with anencephaly. All were delivered within 20 hours (mean 7 hours). The mean dose of 15‐me‐PGF 2α was 400 μg (range 100 to 700) given by a mean of 3·1 (range 1 to 7) injections. Diarrhoea was the most frequent sideeffect.