The effect of oxytocin on hypertonic saline abortion.
Oxytocin was infused in 22 randomly selected pregnant women after extraamniotic hypertonic saline instillation. In another 24 pregnant women no oxytocin was infused at midtrimester abortion. There was no difference between the two groups in mean time from saline injection to expulsion of the fetus.
D000028:Abortion, Induced; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D010121:Oxytocin