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Commentary: Nonmedical indications help fuel rise in induction rate.(induced labor)(Brief Article)
2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The doubling of the labor induction rate in U.S. women over the past decade may have been fueled in part by pressure from patients, convenience to physicians, widespread availability of cervical ripening agents, and liability concerns, according to commentary in the July 2002 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
The labor induction rate in the U.S. rose from 9.5% in 1990 to 19.4% in 1998. The increase in medically indicated inductions was slower than the overall rise in inductions during this time, suggesting that inductions for marginal or 'elective' reasons rose more ...
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- Newspaper article from: OBGYN & Reproduction Week January 5, 2004 700+ words
...net) -- Exploding elective labor induction rates provoke a call for action. "The labor induction rate is at an all-time high in...interventions that frequently accompany labor induction and the risks of cesarean birth...
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- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Jancin, Bruce April 1, 2004 700+ words
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- Labor induction practices in a rural midwestern hospital.(Research Article)
- Magazine article from: Online Journal of Rural Nursing & Health Care Zust, Barbara L. Briggs, Nicole B. September 22, 2006 700+ words
...with physicians. Findings showed an induction rate of 37.8%. Inductions resulted in...2000). The rise in the U.S. induction rate is based on national data collections...urban areas, few have explored the labor induction practices in rural areas. The purpose...
- Induction rate doubled in the U.S. from 1990 to 1998. (Up from 9.5% to 19.4%).
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Evans, Jeff May 1, 2002 700+ words
...necessitating inducton. Finally, more liberal use of labor induction for clinical indications as well as elective inductions...were each associated with approximately a 100% increase in labor induction. Nulliparous women had a higher rate than multiparous women...
- Low-Dose Oral and Vaginal Misoprostol for Cervical Ripening and Labor Induction.
- Magazine article from: OB/GYN Clinical Alert August 1, 1999 700+ words
...Misoprostol for Cervical Ripening and Labor Induction Abstract & Commentary Synopsis...medical or obstetric indications for labor induction to either 50 mcg of oral misoprostol...primary outcome measure was successful labor induction, defined here as vaginal delivery...
- Labor induction for macrosomia not justified: Expectant management was...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Walsh, Nancy March 1, 2002 700+ words
NEW ORLEANS - Labor induction for the sole indication of suspected...expectant management than with labor induction (9.3%, compared with 17...between patients who underwent labor induction and those who were allowed to...
- Labor induction betters outcomes in mild preeclampsia.(NEWS)
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Moon, Mary Ann September 1, 2009 700+ words
Labor induction results in fewer poor maternal outcomes...women were randomly assigned to labor induction and 379 to expectant monitoring...expectantly, those who underwent labor induction showed a relative risk reduction...
Source: HighBeam Research, Commentary: Nonmedical indications help fuel rise in induction...