Absence of maternal side effects from prostaglandins used for cervical ripening.
Prostaglandin E2 vaginal suppositories were found to have associated maternal and fetal side effects no different than those in women undergoing spontaneous labor or labor induced with oxytocin.
Goodlin
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RC
Reschl
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Clewell
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WH
D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000502:physiology*; D015232:Dinoprostone; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013488:Suppositories
D011458:Prostaglandins E; D013488:Suppositories; D010121:Oxytocin; D015232:Dinoprostone