Why the study?
Does intravenous prostaglandin E1, E2, or F2x successfully induce labour in pregnancies complicated by intra-uterine foetal death and hydatidiform mole?
Population
32 patients with pregnancies complicated by intra-uterine foetal death (n=29) and hydatidiform mole (n=3)
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May support IV prostaglandin efficacy in IUFD or mole; hypothesis-generating case series leaves open safety and RCT confirmation.
Does intravenous prostaglandin E1, E2, or F2x successfully induce labour in pregnancies complicated by intra-uterine foetal death and hydatidiform mole?
Intravenous prostaglandins are highly effective for inducing labour in complicated pregnancies, though their use is limited by a high incidence of side-effects.
Geraint Roberts (1974) studied this question.
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