Preinduction cervical ripening with prostaglandin E2: influence on psychomotor evolution in the first year.
The long-term effects of elective preinduction of labor at term by extra-amniotic instillation of prostaglandin E2 in methylhydroxyethylcellulose gel were evaluated in 20 children. No untoward effect of this procedure on the neurologic state of the newborn or the psychomotor development of the children during the first 12 months was found.
D000367:Age Factors; D002404:Catheterization; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000187:drug effects*; D002657:Child Development / Q000187:drug effects*; D015232:Dinoprostone; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011247:Pregnancy; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011459:Prostaglandins E, Synthetic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011581:Psychological Tests
D011458:Prostaglandins E; D011459:Prostaglandins E, Synthetic; D015232:Dinoprostone