The effect of extending dinoprostone pessary placement from 12 to 24h on the need for further mechanical cervical ripening

Title: The effect of extending dinoprostone pessary placement from 12 to 24h on the need for further mechanical cervical ripening
Creator: Lusink, Vanessa; Usher, Leila; Day, Tanya
Relation: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Vol. 54, Issue 6, p. 586-588
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.12221
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2014
Description: Dinoprostone pessaries (DP) are widely used for cervical ripening, and while licensed for 12-h administration in Australia, 24-h use is also reported. We examined 396 consecutive women before and after a protocol change from 12-h to 24-h DP use to determine whether extended DP use decreases the need for additional mechanical cervical ripening. No significant difference in cervical ripening balloon (CRB) requirement or vaginal birth rates was detected, showing that prolonged DP use does not reduce subsequent use of CRB.
Subject: cervical dilatation; cervical ripening; dinoprostone; induced labour; intravaginal drug administration
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1298033
Identifier: uon:19561
Identifier: ISSN:0004-8666
Language: eng
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