Serious maternal morbidity or death · women requiring induction of labour
1 finding from 1 review
Admission to neonatal intensive care unit · women requiring induction of labour
Vaginal misoprostol showed no clear difference in neonatal intensive care unit admission compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious maternal morbidity or death · women with a previous caesarean section
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Uterine hyperstimulation with fetal heart rate changes · women with a previous caesarean section
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Caesarean section · women with a previous caesarean section
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Serious neonatal morbidity or perinatal death · women with a previous caesarean section
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Vaginal birth within 24 hours · women in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol may leads to lower vaginal birth within 24 hours compared with vaginal misoprostol (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Vaginal birth within 24 hours · women in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol showed no clear difference in vaginal birth within 24 hours compared with vaginal dinoprostone (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Vaginal birth within 24 hours · women in the third trimester for induction of labour with intact membranes
It is very uncertain whether oral misoprostol one‐ to two‐hourly changes vaginal birth within 24 hours compared with oral misoprostol four‐ to six‐hourly (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Vaginal birth within 24 hours · women with ruptured membranes in the third trimester for induction of labour.
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Caesarean section · women in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol showed no clear difference in caesarean section compared with vaginal misoprostol (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Uterine hyperstimulation with fetal heart rate changes · women in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol may leads to lower uterine hyperstimulation with fetal heart rate changes compared with vaginal misoprostol (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Oxytocin augmentation · women in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol may leads to higher oxytocin augmentation compared with vaginal misoprostol (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Uterine hyperstimulation without fetal heart rate changes · women in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol may leads to lower uterine hyperstimulation without fetal heart rate changes compared with vaginal misoprostol (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Apgar score less than 7 at 5 minutes · women in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol showed no clear difference in apgar score less than seven at five minutes compared with vaginal misoprostol (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Admission to neonatal intensive care unit · women in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol showed no clear difference in admission to neonatal intensive care unit compared with vaginal misoprostol (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Vaginal birth within 24 hours · women in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol showed no clear difference in vaginal birth within 24 hours compared with intravenous oxytocin (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Vaginal birth within 24 hours · women in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol showed no clear difference in vaginal birth within 24 hours compared with mechanical methods (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Vaginal birth within 24 hours · induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol 20 µg hourly titrated showed no clear difference in vaginal birth within 24 hours compared with oral misoprostol 25 µg two‐hourly static (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Failure to achieve complete abortion · women undergoing first trimester abortion
Oral misoprostol probably leads to higher failure to achieve complete abortion compared with vaginal misoprostol (moderate certainty).
2 findings from 1 review