Effect of vaginal pH on efficacy of misoprostol for cervical ripening and labor induction
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Vaginal pH seems to have no effect on vaginal suppositories containing misoprostol, according to a study of 37 women. Misoprostol is a prostaglandin that is used to induce labor.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2000
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Delayed postpartum hemorrhage: a rare presentation of carbon monoxide poisoning
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Doctors report the first known case of postpartum hemorrhage occurring two weeks after birth that was caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. The 41-year-old woman was treated with 100% oxygen therapy and her uterine bleeding stopped.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2001
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Comparative efficacy and cost of the prostaglandin analogs dinoprostone and misoprostol as labor preinduction agents
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The authors discuss prostaglandin analogs, such as misoprostol, dinoprostone gel and dinoprostone insert as labor preinduction agents. They report that misoprostol is more cost-effective as an adjuvant to labor induction in women with unfavorable cervix.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2003
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