Oral misoprostol vs vaginal misoprostol
Oral misoprostol may leads to lower uterine hyperstimulation without fetal heart rate changes compared with vaginal misoprostol (low certainty).
- RR 0.69 [0.49, 0.99]16 studies · 3212 participantsLow
Oral misoprostol may leads to lower uterine hyperstimulation without fetal heart rate changes compared with vaginal misoprostol (low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether oral misoprostol one‐ to two‐hourly changes uterine hyperstimulation without fetal heart rate changes compared with oral misoprostol four‐ to six‐hourly (very low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether oral misoprostol changes uterine hyperstimulation without fetal heart rate changes compared with mechanical methods (very low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether oral misoprostol changes uterine hyperstimulation without fetal heart rate changes compared with placebo/no treatment (very low certainty).
Oral misoprostol probably leads to lower uterine hyperstimulation without fetal heart rate changes compared with vaginal dinoprostone (moderate certainty).
It is very uncertain whether oral misoprostol changes uterine hyperstimulation without fetal heart rate changes compared with intravenous oxytocin (very low certainty).
The review found no eligible studies for this question.