Induction and augmentation of labor in hypertensive patients with intravenous prostaglandin E2

Z Geburtshilfe Perinatol. 1977 Oct;181(5):345-51.

Abstract

Labor was successfully induced or stimulated with intravenous Prostaglandin E2 (0.1-2.0 microgram/min) in a group of twenty-nine hypertensive gravidae at 36-41 weeks' gestation. No adverse maternal or perinatal effects of the drug were recorded.

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Fetal Heart / drug effects
  • Fetal Monitoring
  • Humans
  • Hypertension*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Labor, Induced*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular*
  • Prostaglandins E / administration & dosage*
  • Uterine Contraction / drug effects*

Substances

  • Prostaglandins E