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Efficacy and safety of misoprostol versus oxytocin for labor induction in women with prelabor rupture of membranes: a meta-analysis. [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy ChildbirthBackground Prelabor rupture of membranes (PROM) complicates 8% of pregnancies, often necessitating labor induction to prevent maternal and neonatal complications.
Che A, Si S, Liu J.
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Potency of Intravenous Dexamethasone on Preparing the Cervix and Labor Induction [PDF]
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal, 2023 Background: Corticosteroids are one strategy for accelerating labor (labor induction). Animal studies show that sheep fetuses and other fetuses secrete cortisol to trigger labor. Extra-amniotic and intravenous (IV) corticosteroids both works.
Hend Mohamed +2 more
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The Association between Cervical Length and Successful Labor Induction: A Retrospective Cohort Study
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023 This study aimed to determine whether transvaginal sonographic measurement of cervical length before labor induction can predict successful induction. This retrospective study recruited 138 pregnant women who underwent labor induction at 37–41 weeks of ...
Pei-Chen Li, Wing Lam Tsui, D. Ding
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Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2022 Induction of labor is often performed to prevent adverse perinatal and maternal outcomes, and has become increasingly common. We studied whether changes in prevalence of labor induction in gestational weeks 37–42 weeks were accompanied by changes in ...
C. Haavaldsen +3 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021 Background Induction of labor is an artificial initiation of uterine contractions after fetal viability with the aim of vaginal delivery prior to the onset of spontaneous labor.
Tibeb Zena Debele +6 more
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The role of labor induction in modern obstetrics.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2022 A primary goal of obstetrical practice is the optimization of maternal and perinatal health. This goal translates into a seemingly simple assessment with regard to considerations of the timing of delivery: delivery should occur when the benefits are ...
W. Grobman
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American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021 BACKGROUND Induction of labor is one of the most common interventions in modern obstetrics and its frequency is expected to continue to increase. There is inconsistency as to how failed induction of labor is defined, however, the majority of studies ...
R. Kamel +7 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Background As uterine rupture may affect as many as 11/1000 women with 1 prior cesarean birth and 5/10.000 women with unscarred uterus undergoing labor induction, we intended to estimate the prevalence of such rare outcome when PGE2 is used for cervical ...
Giuseppe Chiossi +5 more
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Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022 Objective: To compare the cesarean section (CS) rates of obstetricians with a preference of labor induction at early versus late gestational age. Material and methods: Medical records of women who were low risk, nulliparous, singleton pregnancy, and >37 ...
Liu-Ching Wu +5 more
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Risk of Cesarean Delivery for Women with Obesity Using a Standardized Labor Induction Protocol
American Journal of Perinatology, 2021 Objective We aimed to determine the risk of cesarean among women with obesity undergoing labor induction within a prospective trial that utilized a standardized labor protocol. Study Design This was a secondary analysis of a randomized trial of induction
R. Hamm +5 more
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