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. 2024 May 20;19(5):e0304233. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304233

Correction: Oral misoprostol, low dose vaginal misoprostol, and vaginal dinoprostone for labor induction: Randomized controlled trial

David C Young, Tina Delaney, B Anthony Armson, Cora Fanning
PMCID: PMC11104594  PMID: 38768081

There are errors in Table 7. The values in vaginal births <24h and <12h under Membranes Intact are incorrect. The authors have provided corrected version here.

Table 7. Labor intervals to vaginal birth by membrane status.

Membranes Intact Oral Misoprostol Vaginal Misoprostol Vaginal Dinoprostone P
Parametric Analysis
N

103

106

111
Mean ±SD min 1370±1067 1326±1619 1262±619 0.79
Non-Parametric Analysis
N

155

155

155
Median (Q1-Q3) min 1573 (881-CS) 1385 (873-CS) 1504 (945-CS) 0.72
Vaginal Births
N

<72h

100

64.5%

104

67.1%

111

71.6%

0.40
<48h 98 63.2% 104 67.1% 108 69.7% 0.48
<24h 69 44.5% 81 52.3% 69 44.5% 0.29
<12h 21 13.5% 24 15.5% 21 13.5% 0.85
Caesareans 52 33.5% 49 31.6% 44 28.4% 0.61
Membranes Ruptured Oral Misoprostol Vaginal Misoprostol Vaginal Dinoprostone P
Parametric Analysis
N

9

12

14
Mean ±SD min 1184±514 3338±9126 776±341 0.46
Non-Parametric Analysis
N

12

17

17
Median (Q1-Q3) min 1435 (1213–37936) 822 (687-CS) 827 (601–1310) 0.22
Vaginal Births
N

<72h

9

75.0%

11

64.7%

14

82.4%

0.50
<48h 9 75.0% 11 64.7% 14 82.4% 0.50
<24h 6 50.0% 11 64.7% 13 76.5% 0.34
<12h 2 16.7% 6 35.3% 5 29.4% 0.54
Caesareans 3 25.0% 5 29.4% 3 17.6% 0.72

Reference

  • 1.Young DC, Delaney T, Armson BA, Fanning C (2020) Oral misoprostol, low dose vaginal misoprostol, and vaginal dinoprostone for labor induction: Randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227245. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227245 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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