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ArticleAdvanced biomedical research2015

Comparing the effect of oral and vaginal isosorbide dinitrate in pre-induction cervical ripening in term pregnancy: A controlled clinical trial.

Ladan Haghighi, Somayeh Moukhah, Azita Goshtasbi

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Article in Advanced biomedical research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nitric oxide donors for cervical ripening and induction of labour.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ladan HaghighiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Somayeh MoukhahDepartment of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Medicine, The University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran, Iran.
Azita GoshtasbiSpecialist, Family Health Research Group, Health metrics Research center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research · IRTarbiat Modares University · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCervical ripening for labor induction is one of the most important issues in midwifery. Isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) is one of the most important choices that have been proposed for cervical ripening, but still there are controversies regarding its prescription. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of vaginal and oral ISDN compared to the control group for pre-induction cervical ripening. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this non-blinded clinical trial, 149 nulliparous women with term or prolonged pregnancy were randomly selected and divided into three groups by block randomization. The intervention group included vaginal (50 subjects, 40 mg) and oral (49 subjects, 20 mg) ISDN groups. The third group was the control group (50 subjects) which did not receive any medication. The amount of ripening was given by Bishop score evaluated before taking medication and 24 h after taking it.

resultsAfter 24 h, Bishop score in vaginal ISDN group significantly increased compared to the oral ISDN and control groups (P < 0.001 for both). Although the increase in Bishop score was lower in the oral ISDN group than in the vaginal group, it had a statistically significant increase in comparison to the control group (P = 0.001). All the three groups were matched regarding pregnancy termination and cesarean causes, and there was no statistically significant difference among the three groups (P > 0.05).

conclusionPrescribing vaginal ISDN for cervical ripening was effective, and it can be used with confidence.

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Bishop scoreisosorbide dinitrateoralterm pregnancyvaginal

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PMID26284225
PMCPMC4534518
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