This randomized controlled study was carried out on 370 pregnant women with gestational age ≥ 40 weeks of different ages and parities at El-Shatby Maternity University Hospital after approval of ethical committee of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine. After assessment for eligibility \& enrollment in the study, women were randomly assigned into one of the two study groups, Group (I) received 3 mg vaginal Dinoprostone of maximum 2 doses 6 hours apart and Group (II) received 50 μg of vaginal misoprostol of maximum 2 doses 6 hours apart.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
370
induction of labour in women with postdate pregnancy with vaginal dinoprostone vs. vaginal misoprostol
ElShatby University Maternal Hospital
Alexandria, Egypt
Sucess of induction
percentage of women with a successful vaginal delivery
Time frame: number of women who delivered vaginally after induction
Induction to delivery time
time lapse from receiving first dose of induction till delivery of the fetus
Time frame: time from start of induction till delivery of the fetus
Postpartum hemorrhage
quantification of amount of postpartum bleeding
Time frame: after delivery of the placenta
neonatal outcomes
Apgar Score at 1 and 5 minutes
Time frame: at 1 and 5 minutes of delivery
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