Objectives: The aims of the study were to analyse whether electively induced labour place the mother or her fetus at an increased risk as compared to patients in spontaneous labour and also to quantify the risk of caesarean section in the induced group. Methods: A prospective analysis comparing 150 electively induced parturients with 150 matched controls who laboured spontaneously in Gian Sagar...

The influence of obstetric factors on breast-feeding rates at discharge from St. Thomas's Hospital in 1969 and 1970 has been examined in 1356 primiparous mothers delivering healthy babies. Induction of labour and assisted delivery were significantly associated with lower breast-feeding rates. The association could not be explained by differences in social class, country of origin, birthweight, ...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Alia Military Hospital, Amman, Jordan. Received: 09/10/02; accepted: 26/02/03 ABSTRACT To compare labour and delivery outcomes in women undergoing induction and those having spontaneous onset for pregnancies past the estimated date of delivery, a prospective study of 395 singleton, uncomplicated pregnancies was performed. Labour was induced in 175...

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Alia Military Hospital, Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan. Received: 04/05/03; accepted: 23/10/03 ABSTRACT The efficacy, safety and outcome of prostaglandin (PG)E2 was compared with Foley catheter for labour induction in grand multiparous women. At a hospital in Jordan, 147 women with Bishop score ≤ 5 were randomized to receive 3 mg PGE2 vagi...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of vaginal and oral misoprostol for the induction of labour in women with intra-uterine foetal death (IUFD). DESIGN A prospective randomised clinical trial, comparing 200 microg oral and 200 microg vaginal misoprostol, six hourly for a maximum of four doses for the induction of labour in women with IUFD. SETTING Ga-Rankuwa hospital (Department of Obstetrics...

OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency of elective induction of labour and its determinants in selected Latin America countries; quantify success in attaining vaginal delivery, and compare rates of caesarean and adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes after elective induction versus spontaneous labour in low-risk pregnancies. METHODS Of 37,444 deliveries in women with low-risk pregnancies, 1847 (4...