OBJECTIVES To determine the ability of Bishop score and sonographic cervical length to predict time to spontaneous onset of labor and time to delivery in prolonged pregnancy. METHODS Ninety-seven women underwent transvaginal ultrasound examination and palpation of the cervix at 291-296 days' gestation according to ultrasound fetometry at 12-20 weeks' gestation. Sonographic cervical length and...

role of labor induction has increased in the last decade due to the ‎early detection of fetal jeopardy. although very useful, oxytocin alone is not always successful for induction of ‎labor. in a randomized clinical ‎trial we compared vaginal dinoprostone plus oxytocin with oxytocin alone for ‎induction of labor in 91 ‎pregnant women at 40 weeks or greater gestation with bishop scores ≤ 4. fort...

Background: There are several strategies for the induction of labor (IOL), and pharmacologic agents, including oxytocin prostaglandins, most commonly used in clinical practice. Compared with oxytocin, prostaglandin E2 agent, dinoprostone, has been regarded as moreeffective LTPs a non-dilated cervix. Objective was to compare PGE2 gel placed intracervically that given intravenously both primipara...

BACKGROUND This randomized controlled trial compared the diagnostic accuracy of the sonographic assessment of cervical length and clinical digital examination of the cervix in the second trimester regarding the prediction of preterm delivery in a low-risk population. METHODS In total, 282 unselected, asymptomatic women with singleton pregnancy randomly underwent sonographic cervical length me...

The cervix is a cylindrical structure that is proximally connected to the uterus and distally to the vaginal cavity. The Bishop score has been used to evaluate the cervix during pregnancy. However, alternatives have been evaluated because the Bishop score is uncomfortable for patients, relies on a subjective examination, and lacks internal os data. Elastography has been used to assess the cervi...

the purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of misoprostol and oxytocin for induction of labor. in this prospective and randomized controlled trial one hundred twenty women with an unfavorable cervix who underwent labor induction were assigned to receive either intravenous high dose oxytocin(6miu/min) or intravaginal misoprostol 50µg every 6 hours for two doses. twelve hour...

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...

a comparative study of vaginal misoprostol plus oxytocin and oxytocin alone in the preparation and induction of labor in the third trimester of pregnancy     bahadori f [1] , behroozilak t [2] *, bromand f [3] , nanbakhsh f [4]     received: august 27, 2011 accepted: october 7, 2011     abstract   background & aims : induction of labor with an unfavorable cervix is one of the common reasons of ...

Background: Induction of labor (IOL) is one the most frequent obstetric procedures require for various obstetrics indications in 13-20% term. Traditionally success induction has been determined by Bishop score, but this score observer based and significant inter disagreements have noted. Ultrasound can help obstetricians counselling patients before labour explain probability successful inductio...