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INDUCTION OF LABOUR WITH VAGINAL PROSTAGLANDIN E 2 PESSARIES
Author(s) -
Hefni M. A,
Lewis G. A.
Publication year - 1980
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.1471-0528.1980.tb04518.x
Subject(s) - oxytocin , medicine , caesarean section , prostaglandin e2 , prostaglandin , obstetrics , gynecology , pregnancy , biology , endocrinology , genetics
Summary Wax‐based pessaries, each containing 3 mg of prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2 ), were administered intravaginally for the induction of labour. The induction to delivery intervals were shorter than those in a control group induced by amniotomy and intravenous oxytocin. There was a remarkable reduction in the Caesarean section rate from 12 per cent in the control group to 2.4 per cent in the study group in primiparae, and from 8 per cent to 1.6 per cent in multiparae. Side effects associated with the PGE 2 were rare, as were complications.