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Clinical Trial
. 1979 Jul;18(1):161-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0090-6980(79)80034-9.

The effect of prostaglandin F2 alpha on third stage labor

Clinical Trial

The effect of prostaglandin F2 alpha on third stage labor

L Kerekes et al. Prostaglandins. 1979 Jul.

Abstract

The effects of intramyometrially injected PGF2 alpha intravenous Ergometrin and no treatment were compared during 3rd stage labor in 140 patients. In comparison with Ergometrin or no treatment, PGF2 alpha significantly reduced the duration of 3rd stage labor, blood loss, incidence of subinvolution and subfebrility.

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