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Safety and effectiveness of oral misoprostol for induction of labour in a resource-limited setting: a dose escalation study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, September 2017
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Title
Safety and effectiveness of oral misoprostol for induction of labour in a resource-limited setting: a dose escalation study
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, September 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12884-017-1483-5
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Marilyn Morris, John W. Bolnga, Ovoi Verave, Jimmy Aipit, Allanie Rero, Moses Laman

Abstract

Oral misoprostol as an induction of labour (IOL) agent is rapidly gaining popularity in resource-limited settings because it is cheap, stable at ambient temperatures, and logistically easier to administer compared to dinoprostone and oxytocin. We aim to investigate the safety and effectiveness of a regimen of oral misoprostol in Papua New Guinean women undergoing IOL. As part of a prospective dose escalation study conducted at Modilon Hospital in Papua New Guinea, women with a singleton pregnancy in cephalic presentation and an unfavourable cervix who gave written informed consent were administered oral misoprostol, commencing at 25mcg once every 2 h for 4 doses and increased to 50mcg once every 2 h for 8 doses within 24 h. The primary outcomes studied were i) the proportion of women delivering within 24 h of oral misoprostol administration, and ii) rates of maternal and perinatal severe adverse events. Of 6167 labour ward screened admissions, 209 women (3%) fulfilled the study inclusion criteria and underwent IOL. Overall, 74% (155/209 [95% confidence interval 67.6-79.9]) delivered within 24 h. Most women (90%; 188/209; 95% CI [84.9-93.5]) delivered vaginally with 86% (180/209) having a good outcome for both the mother and baby. Of the 10% (21/209) who failed IOL and underwent caesarean section, a significant proportion of their babies were admitted to special-care nursery compared to babies delivered vaginally (20/21 [95%] versus 8/188 [4%]; Fisher Exact test P < 0.001), but their perinatal mortality rate was not significantly higher (1/21 [5%] versus 2/188 [1%]; P = 0.30). The only maternal death was not study related and occurred in a patient with post-partum haemorrhage, 15 h post-delivery. The oral misoprostol regimen for IOL described in the present study is safe, effective and logistically feasible to administer in a resource-limited setting.

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Unknown 116 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 17 15%
Student > Postgraduate 13 11%
Student > Bachelor 11 9%
Researcher 9 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 6%
Other 16 14%
Unknown 43 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 42 36%
Nursing and Health Professions 18 16%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 3%
Computer Science 2 2%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 2%
Other 7 6%
Unknown 41 35%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 June 2022.
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#14,692,527
of 25,516,314 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#2,650
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#158,909
of 324,059 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#59
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