Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 1

Safety and efficacy of PGE2 gel (cerviprime) for induction of labour in term prelabour rupture of membranes, with special referrence to its feto-maternal complications

  • Author:
  • Kriti Bhatnagar, Usha Rani Sharma, Manjul Bhatnagar

* Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Subharti Medical College, Meerut.

** Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, RNT Medical College, Udaipur.

*** Department of Community Medicine, Saraswathi Medical College, Ghaziabad.

Abstract

This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of PGE2 gel in 100 patients for induction of labour in term PROM and compared it with control of 100 patients. Mean duration of latent phase, mean total duration of labour and mean admission-delivery interval, rate of Caesarian section, Incidence of fetal and neonatal morbidity was statistically decreased as compared with control.

Keywords

PGE2 gel (cerviprime), term prom, feto-maternal complications