Table 3.

Side effects or complications^*

	Previous uterine incision n= 78	No uterine incision n=410	P value
Abdominal pain†	76 (98.7)	396 (99.5)	0.41
Heavy vaginal bleeding†	49 (63.6)	262 (66.0)	0.69
Fever†	15 (19.5)	70 (17.8)	0.72
Diarrhea†	16 (20.8)	99 (24.9)	0.44
Chills†	37 (48.7)	177 (44.6)	0.51
Nausea†	37 (48.1)	217 (54.8)	0.28
Use of codeine†	59 (75.6)	291 (71.0)	0.40
Called doctor or nurse†	9 (11.7)	82 (20.6)	0.07
Emergency visit to doctor or nurse†	5 (6.5)	25 (6.3)	1.0
Blood transfusion	1 (1.3)	3 (0.7)	0.50
Hospitalization	1 (1.3)	7 (1.7)	1.0

^*Data are presented as number of subjects and percentage

^†Within two days of treatment with misoprostol