Trial reportAnnals of African medicine
Induction to delivery interval using transcervical Foley catheter plus oxytocin and vaginal misoprostol: A comparative study at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.
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- Vaginal misoprostol versus intracervical Foley catheter for cervical ripening in postdate primigravid women: a randomized clinical trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Trial
- Comparison of Misoprostol with Foley Catheter vs Misoprostol alone for Cervical Ripening and Induction of Labor in Patients with Premature Rupture of Membrane: A Randomized Clinical Trial Study.Advanced biomedical research · 2024Article
- Mechanical methods for induction of labour.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- Mechanical methods for induction of labour.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Review
- Sublingual Misoprostol versus Foley catheter for cervical ripening in women with preeclampsia or gestational hypertension: A randomized control trial.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2019Article
- Challenges and Limitations of Clinical Trials on Labor Induction: A Review of the Literature.AJP reports · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundInduction of labor (IOL) is an artificial initiation of labor before its spontaneous onset for the purpose of delivery of the fetoplacental unit. Many factors are associated with its success in postdatism.
objectiveTo compare the induction delivery intervals using transcervical Foley catheter plus oxytocin and vaginal misoprostol, and to identify the factors associated with successful induction among postdate singleton multiparae. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe study was a prospective randomized controlled trial of singleton multiparous pregnant women. They were randomized into two groups, one group for intravaginal misoprostol and the other group for transcervical Foley catheter insertion as a method of cervical ripening and IOL. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 17 computer software (SPSS Inc., IL, Chicago, USA). Comparisons of categorical variables were done using Chi-squared test, with P < 0.05 considered as significant. Student's t-test was used for continuous variables.
resultsThe incidence of postdatism was found to be 136 (13.1%). The mean induction delivery time interval was shorter in the misoprostol group 70 (5.54 ± 1.8 h) than in the Foley catheter oxytocin infusion group 66 (6.65 ± 1.7 h) (P = 0.035). There was, however, no statistically significant difference in the maternal and neonatal outcomes when these two agents were used for cervical ripening and IOL. Higher parity and higher Bishop's score were the factors found to be associated with high success rate of IOL (P < 0.001).
conclusionVaginal misoprostol resulted in shorter induction delivery time interval as compared to transcervical Foley catheter. High parity and high Bishop's scores were the factors found to be associated with the success of IOL.
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