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I have done it both ways, lady partslly and orally. The effectiveness/unpredictability is exactly the same. It either works or not, sometimes TOO WELL. I have seen the same effects both ways, with little to no difference. I would think patients would prefer the oral route, I know I would.
:balloons: I have been doing the cytotec thing for 16 years. I hate cytotec lady partslly for any but primips (prev moms bleed to much).. PO haven't seen the bleeding problems. NOW here goes I think it works best rectally... quick deliveries and scant pp bleeding. and for multips with big babies rectal cytotec is WONDERFUL for controlling bleeding... Let me tell you we have been minutes away from stat hyst and boom rectal cytotec.... I LOVE IT:nurse:
Where I work we have always used cytotec lady partslly now we are doing more po cytotec for inductions. Just wondering what everyone's experience is with this?We are a small rural hospital that only does low risk patients.
It seems to work really well, but was kind of wondering what everyones monitoring protocol was after receiving po cytotec.
thanks
I have worked where they have given PO cytotec. The major problem with this is that once it is given, you can't remove it. If it is given lady partslly and the patient has severe hyperstimulation or fetal distress you can do a "lady partsl wash" to remove what is left of the pill. With a PO dose, you cannot do this, only give terbutaline and hope it works. (It usually requires multiple terb. doses).
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Where I work we have always used cytotec lady partslly now we are doing more po cytotec for inductions. Just wondering what everyone's experience is with this?
We are a small rural hospital that only does low risk patients.
It seems to work really well, but was kind of wondering what everyones monitoring protocol was after receiving po cytotec.
thanks