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Can Labor with Breech Presentation Be Induced?

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation, 1998
Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of labor induction in women with a breech presentation, and an unripe cervix. We conducted a retrospective, matched-paired study on patients with breech presentation and an unripe cervix (n = 23), who underwent induction of labor using extra-amniotic saline instillation.
Joseph B. Lessing, Michael J. Kupferminc, Gideon Fait, Y Daniel, M Shenhav, I. Gull, A Baram   +6 more
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Inflammation induced preterm labor and birth

Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 2018
Preterm birth which occurs before 37 weeks gestation is one of the most common obstetrical complication in humans. After many studies, it appears that "not one answer fits all" regarding the risk factors, causes and the treatments for this syndrome. However, it is becoming more evident that one of the major risk factors is inflammation and/or infection
Alice Gilman-Sachs, Svetlana Dambaeva, Maria D. Salazar Garcia, Youssef Hussein, Joanne Kwak-Kim, Kenneth Beaman   +5 more
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Outcomes of induced versus spontaneous labor

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2016
Induced labor is associated with a higher request for analgesia than spontaneous labor. This study compared duration of labor, mode of delivery, quantity of blood loss, type of perineal outcome and neonatal outcomes between women in induced labor and women in spontaneous labor, both on epidural analgesia (administered at cervical dilation  ≤ 4 cm).In a
Poma, Silvia, Scudeller, Luigia, GARDELLA, BARBARA, Broglia, Federica, Ciceri, Maria, Fuardo, Marinella, Pellicori, Simona, Repossi, Filippo, Zizzi, Silvia, Noli, Silvano, Delmonte, Maria Paola, IOTTI, GIORGIO ANTONIO   +11 more
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Progress of induced labor in trial of labor after cesarean delivery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2015
The purpose of this study was to compare the first stage of labor progress in women who undergo an induction of labor after cesarean delivery with women who have spontaneous labor after cesarean delivery.We conducted a retrospective cohort study of consecutive women who had been admitted for delivery with a vertex-presenting fetus who achieved vaginal ...
George A. Macones, Molly J. Stout, Alison G. Cahill, Kimberly A. Roehl, Kristina E. Sondgeroth, Anna S. Graseck   +5 more
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Inducing Labor by Rupturing Membranes

Postgraduate Medicine, 1968
Rupturing the membranes usually induces labor and carries little risk. Of 1,235 patients subjected to amniotomy, 89 percent were in labor in four hours, and only 3 percent required oxytocin to start contractions. Although complications are few, physicians should not rupture the membranes simply for their own or the patient's convenience.
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Acupuncture to Induce Labor

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2008
To estimate the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture to induce labor.This study was a randomized controlled trial of acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture. Women who were scheduled for a postterm induction with a singleton pregnancy and cephalic presentation were eligible for the study.
Smith, Caroline (R11597), Crowther, Caroline A., Collins, Carmel T., Coyle, Meaghan E.   +3 more
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Excessive uterine activity accompanying induced labor

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2001
To estimate the incidence and timing of excessive uterine activity accompanying induction of labor with misoprostol using different routes (oral or vaginal) and forms (intact tablet or crushed) and to compare these with dinoprostone gel, oxytocin, and spontaneous labor.This retrospective cohort study included 519 women at term who had labor induced and
Joan Crane, Kelly A. Bennett, Kimberly D Butt, David C Young, Donna Hutchens   +4 more
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Comparing the Second Stage in Induced and Spontaneous Labor

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2010
To compare the duration and complications of the second stage of labor between women in induced and spontaneous labor.This was a retrospective cohort study of women with singleton term gestations who reached full dilation at a single institution from 2001 through 2009.
Vanitha Janakiraman, Anjali J Kaimal, Jeffrey L. Ecker   +2 more
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Inducing Labor: the Impact of Health Insurance on Post-Natal Labor Supply

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
In this paper we analyze the role of access to health insurance plays in the widely documented, sharp fall in mother's labor supply following childbirth. Our analysis exploits variation created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which substantially expanded access to health insurance within the U.S., and richly detailed administrative tax data.
Shanthi Ramnath, Ithai Z. Lurie, Elena Patel   +2 more
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Relaxin—Its effect on electively induced labor

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1959
Abstract Fifty patients selected at random were treated with relaxin and compared with 50 who did not receive the hormone. In this group of 100 private patients admitted to the Maternity Division of Buffalo Children's Hospital for elective induction of labor by means of intravenous Pitocin solution and artificial rupture of the membranes, we were ...
Richard J. Babcock, John H. Peterson
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