title: Dinoprostone priming of the cervix prior to termination of midgestation pregnancy with sulprostone.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if cervical ripening with the prostaglandin E2 analogue dinoprostone effectively shortens the induction-to-delivery interval in midpregnancy terminations with sulprostone.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively studied 100 women admitted for pregnancy termination at midgestation because of fetal anomalies between September 1989 and January 1993. Three regimens were used: 27 women received intramuscular sulprostone only, 29 women received intravenous sulprostone only, and 44 women received intravenous sulprostone after cervical priming with dinoprostone. Wilcoxon's rank sum test was used for statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Dinoprostone priming did not significantly reduce the induction-to-delivery interval in either parous or nulliparous women. However, when divided into first and subsequent pregnancies, we found that primigravidae, but not multigravidae, had an induction-to-delivery interval that was significantly shorter by approximately 10.5 h when pretreated with dinoprostone.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dinoprostone priming of the cervix prior to termination of midgestation pregnancy with sulprostone (Nalador) effectively shortens the induction-to-delivery interval in women in their first pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Rietberg
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Lotgering
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Huikeshoven
mesh_terms: D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal; D000028:Abortion, Induced; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal; C016767:sulprostone; D015232:Dinoprostone