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Study finds rate of cesarean sections was not affected by elective induction.(Obstetrics)
WASHINGTON -- Elective induction did not adversely affect the cesarean-section rate or maternal fetal morbidity in a retrospective cohort study of 361 nulliparous patients.
The women, who were at 37-41 weeks' gestation, were delivered from January 1998 to December 1999 at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans. The women had singleton pregnancies and no medical indications for delivery, David J. Bonilla, M.D., reported in a poster at the annual meeting of District VII of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
The women were divided two groups: a spontaneous labor group and a group that had elective ...
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- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Johnson, Kate June 15, 2003 700+ words
...ripening before elective induction, compared...who have spontaneous labor. In contrast...primiparas, elective induction even with...who have spontaneous labor, he said...went into spontaneous labor. The overall...because of elective ...
- Many expectant women choosing elective induction of labor.
- Newspaper article from: Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) September 10, 2007 700+ words
...before. The practice is known as elective induction, and Stone, an obstetrician/gynecologist...hypertension, Stone recommended an elective induction. Bear said her husband, Mike...might be better off scheduling an elective induction to lessen the risk of not making...
- Induced Labor May Prevent Need for Cesarean Section; Elective induction at 41...
- News wire article from: Consumer Health News (English) August 18, 2009 700+ words
...Researchers reviewed available data on elective induction, in which women choose to have labor...suggest that, compared with waiting, elective induction of labor at or after 41 weeks' gestation...stress. The findings suggest that elective induction of labor may be safer than ...
- Link between cervical ripening and cesarean section.(Pregnancy & Birth)(Brief...
- Newspaper article from: Special Delivery September 22, 2003 700+ words
...receive cervical ripening before elective induction, compared with women who have spontaneous labor. In contrast, elective inductions...among the 747 women who went into spontaneous labor. The overall cesarean section rate...
- Childbirth: By convenience: More births are fit into scheduleLine is overdrawn:...
- Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) August 25, 2007 700+ words
...dates were terrible," he said. In fact, Gehring said labor for women who opt for an elective induction is not any more difficult than spontaneous labor. Lakin agrees. "Labor hurts. It doesn't matter if you're causing it or it just...
- Melanoma-antioxidant link questionedCesarean dogma challenged
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe ELIZABETH COONEY August 24, 2009 700+ words
...delivery to elective induction of labor comes...labor against spontaneous labor, they contend...sometimes to spontaneous labor and sometimes...researchers found that elective induction of labor after...waiting for spontaneous labor to occur or...needed ...
- UCSF/Stanford team finds labor induction need not increase cesarean...
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly September 3, 2009 700+ words
...examined elective induction of labor...that link elective induction to higher...age with spontaneous labor at the same...to start spontaneous labor on a particular...women to an elective induction group or...
- LABOR INDUCTION NEED NOT INCREASE CESAREAN RISK
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News August 18, 2009 700+ words
...examined elective induction of labor...that link elective induction to higher...age with spontaneous labor at the same...to start spontaneous labor on a particular...women to an elective induction group or...
Source: HighBeam Research, Study finds rate of cesarean sections was not affected by elective...