Exercise in Pregnancy: The Impact of an Intervention Program in the Duration of Labor and Mode of Delivery [PDF]
Objective To access the benefits or harms of an exercise program, based on the current American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists guidelines, on the mode of delivery, duration and onset of labor.
Cátia Liliana Martins Ferreira +4 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of cervical elastography in predicting labor induction success: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
Aim: To determine the accuracy of cervical elastography in predicting labor induction success. Materials and methods: A systematic search, review, and meta-analysis of observational studies published in English language between January 2000 and October ...
ACOG +77 more
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Induction of Labor using Misoprostol in a Tertiary Hospital in the Southeast of Brazil [PDF]
Purpose To assess cases of labor induction with vaginal 25-μg tablets of misoprostol and maternal outcomes in a tertiary hospital in southeastern Brazil.
Tácito Augusto Godoy Silva +7 more
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In labor or in limbo? : The experiences of women undergoing induction of labor in hospital: findings of a qualitative study [PDF]
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Annabel Jay, Hilary Thomas, and Fiona Brooks, ‘In labor or in limbo? The experiences of women undergoing induction in labor in hospital: Findings of a qualitative study’, Birth: Issues in ...
Brooks, Fiona +2 more
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Background Induction of labor is being increasingly used to prevent adverse outcomes in the mother and the newborn.This study assessed the prevalence of induction of labor and determinants of its use in Africa.
Bukola Fawole +10 more
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Interventions during pregnancy and labor and obstetric outcome [PDF]
Objectives: The overall objective with the present thesis was to assess pregnancy and delivery associated risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Specific aims were : 1) to analyze the association between fetal size at the time of dating ultrasound ...
Thorsell, Malin
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Induction of labor: Our experience
Introduction: Induction of labor is a deliberate attempt to terminate the pregnancy with the aim of vaginal delivery in cases of valid indication. Different methods are being used ranging from nonpharmacological to pharmacological for the same. Induction
Sushil Chawla +3 more
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Trends in labor induction indications: A 20‐year population‐based study
Introduction Use of labor induction has increased rapidly in most middle‐ and high‐income countries over the past decade. The reasons for the stark rise in labor induction are largely unknown.
Emma M. Swift +5 more
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The Labor-Induced Pregnancy Cases In Dr Soetomo General Hospital: A Descriptive Study
Background: Labor induction is a procedure to stimulate uterine contractions during pregnancy before labor begins on its own to achieve a vaginal birth with medical or mechanical intervention to start the labor.
Alfin Firasy
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Effects of a protracted induction of parturition on the incidence of retained placenta and assessment of uterine artery blood flow as a measure of placental maturation in cattle [PDF]
The objectives of the present study were to compare the effects of a protracted and a conventional induction of parturition on the incidence of retained placenta, and to evaluate the suitability of transrectal Doppler sonography of the uterine arteries ...
Bollwein, H +6 more
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