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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2009
Labour induction is a routine procedure in obstetrical care and performed for various maternal, fetal and non-medical reasons.
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Labour induction is a routine procedure in obstetrical care and performed for various maternal, fetal and non-medical reasons.
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Asia-Oceania Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1985
SummarySix hundred and forty‐one patients who underwent induced labour over a 12 month period were analysed. The ethnic group distribution was similar to that in the obstetric population. 54.6% of these were primiparous patients. The common indications of induced labour were hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, static weight and post‐term pregnancy. The
P C, Wong, S S, Ratnam
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SummarySix hundred and forty‐one patients who underwent induced labour over a 12 month period were analysed. The ethnic group distribution was similar to that in the obstetric population. 54.6% of these were primiparous patients. The common indications of induced labour were hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, static weight and post‐term pregnancy. The
P C, Wong, S S, Ratnam
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Corticosteroids for induction of labour
2001The role of corticosteroids in the process of labour is not well understood. Animal studies have shown the importance of cortisol secretion by the fetal adrenal gland in initiating labour in sheep. Infusion of glucocorticosteroids into the fetus has also shown to induce premature labour in sheep.
J, Kavanagh, A J, Kelly, J, Thomas
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Methods of induction of labour
Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1997Several research groups around the world reported on the use of the drug misoprostol in the medical management of miscarriage, abortion and induction of labour. This review examines the evolution of interest in this drug, with special emphasis on its role in induction of labour.
H, el Refaey, E, Jauniaux
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1986
Together with Caesarean section, induction of labour is the obstetricians’ method of terminating pregnancy at or near term. These two procedures represent the most effective tools for the treatment or prevention of complications towards the end of pregnancy.
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Together with Caesarean section, induction of labour is the obstetricians’ method of terminating pregnancy at or near term. These two procedures represent the most effective tools for the treatment or prevention of complications towards the end of pregnancy.
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1971
SummaryThe effectiveness of inducing labour with intravenous oxytocics without surgical rupture of the membranes has been studied in 154 cases.The mean successful induction‐delivery interval was 70 hours, and the mean induction‐delivery interval for all attempted inductions was 186 hours.Most patients had multiple infusions.
C M, Lilienthal, J P, Ward
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SummaryThe effectiveness of inducing labour with intravenous oxytocics without surgical rupture of the membranes has been studied in 154 cases.The mean successful induction‐delivery interval was 70 hours, and the mean induction‐delivery interval for all attempted inductions was 186 hours.Most patients had multiple infusions.
C M, Lilienthal, J P, Ward
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1971
Summary3,359 women who had labour induced by amniotomy were reviewed and if the patient required to be delivered by Caesarean section the reasons for failure of vaginal delivery were assessed. The indications for Caesarean section were many and varied, but the most common factor was a failure of the uterus to act properly, although other indications ...
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Summary3,359 women who had labour induced by amniotomy were reviewed and if the patient required to be delivered by Caesarean section the reasons for failure of vaginal delivery were assessed. The indications for Caesarean section were many and varied, but the most common factor was a failure of the uterus to act properly, although other indications ...
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A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF INDUCTION OF LABOUR
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1979SummaryThe labour, delivery and state of the newborn were compared retrospectively in a group of women who had labour induced and a group who started labour spontaneously. There were 200 women at term in each group, individually matched for age, parity and social class and with no medical or obstetric complications prior to labour.
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Indications for induction of labour
European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 1996Induction of labour is an important prophylactic procedure in the obstetric practice. Two major types of indications developed: induction because of advanced relevant obstetric complication, and the so called elective induction.
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Induction of labour with misoprostol
Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2001Misoprostol, an orally active prostaglandin E1 analogue, has been used widely by the vaginal and oral routes for labour induction at or near term. Several recent trials have confirmed that it is highly effective. Overall caesarean section rates appear to be reduced, despite a relative increase in caesarean sections for fetal heart rate abnormalities ...
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