COMPARISON OF PROSTAGLANDIN E2 GEL AND PROSTAGLANDIN VAGINAL TABLETS FOR INDUCTION OF LABOR

Objectives. Our current study was intended to explore the more effective form between vaginal gel and vaginal tablet for induction of labor. This study will help clinician to choose the better drug administering forms. Material and Methods: This was a randomized control trial from January 2013 to June 2013, in Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Abbassi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, through non-probability purposive technique on 218 pregnant females after taking ethical approval. The ethical approval for this study was taken from ethics review committee. Women between 20-45 years of age, bearing single pregnancy with cephalic presentation of the viable fetus, presenting in the labor room after gestational age of 37 weeks (as confirmed by early scan), for labor induction were included in the study. The two groups were Group A, in which women were administered with dinoprostone (PGE 2 analog) gel [1mg/2mg] intravaginally. While Group B participants were administered with dinoprostone tablet [3 mg] intravaginally. Fetal outcomes and the association of labor induction with age was noted. Version 16 of SPSS was used for the data analysis. Descriptive analysis was performed. Chis-square test was used to assess the different with p value of