Bishop); Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York (Dr Federman); and Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Hospital, San Francisco (Dr Keyhani). Correspondence: Dr Bishop, Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, 402 E...

background: an increasing success in induction of labor and subsequent termination of pregnancy in presence of unfavorable cervix requires cervical ripening in order to reduce complications and to diminish the rate of cesarean sections as well as the duration of labor.  however, there is no consensus on the efficiency of conventional methods for cervical ripening.   objective: to determine and ...

objective: to evaluate the safety and efficacy of isosorbide mononitrate (imn) as a cervical ripening agent prior to induction of labour in term pregnant women. materials and methods: a randomized placebo-controlled study was conducted on 100 term singleton pregnancies planned for induction of labour. the participants were randomly assigned to two groups. one group received 40 mg imn and the ot...