ALIVE FETUS
- Oxytocin 10 units in 500 cc Normal Saline solution
- Start i.v. infusion with 10 ml per hour
- increase by 20 ml every 20 minutes until contractions occur
DEAD FETUS (IUFD)
- Misoprostol (Cytotec)
Gestational age < 26 weeks
- ORAL ADMINISTRATION (preferred)
- One tablet diluted in 10 cc
- 2 cc orally every 6 hours
- One tablet diluted in 10 cc
- VAGINAL ADMINISTRATION
- ½ tablet in vagina every 6 hours
Gestationalage > 26 weeks
- ORAL ADMINISTRATION (preferred)
- One tablet diluted in 10 cc
- 1 cc orally every 4 hours
- One tablet diluted in 10 cc
- VAGINAL ADMINISTRATION
- ¼ tablet in vagina every 4 hours
- One tablet diluted in 10 cc
- 1 cc in vagina every 4 hours