| Methods |
Allocation: "random", not further described.
Blinding: none described.
Study period: not stated. |
| Participants |
Inclusion criteria: women with PROM at or near term of at least 6 hours without labor activity and cervix less than 3 cm dilated.
Setting: University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Number of participants: n = 201. |
| Interventions |
Oral PGE2 0.5 mg hourly and with increases up to 1.5 mg per hour depending on response (n = 99) vs IV oxytocin up to 45 miliunits per minute (n = 102). |
| Outcomes |
Induction to delivery time.
Mode of delivery.
Apgar score less than 8.
Gastrointestinal side‐effects. |
| Notes |
The Bishop scores of the oxytocin group were slightly higher overall and there were fewer women with scores of less than 6 (24 vs 28). |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
B ‐ Unclear |
