BACKGROUND We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of dinoprostone for cervical ripening and labor induction in patients with term oligohydramnios and Bishop score ≤ 5. METHODS This was a prospective case-control study, which included 104 consecutive women with a Bishop score≤5. Participants were divided into two groups. Women with term isolated oligohydramnios and Bishop score≤5 underwe...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether cervical favourability (measured by cervical length and the Bishop score) should inform obstetricians' decision regarding labour induction for women with gestational hypertension or mild pre-eclampsia at term. DESIGN A post hoc analysis of the Hypertension and Pre-eclampsia Intervention Trial At Term (HYPITAT). SETTING Obstetric departments of six university and...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and safety of titrated oral misoprostol and vaginal misoprostol for labor induction. METHODS Women between 34 and 42 weeks of gestation with an unfavorable cervix (Bishop score less than or equal to 6) and an indication for labor induction were randomLy assigned to receive titrated oral or vaginal misoprostol. The titrated oral misoprostol group received a ba...

the use of corticosteroids is one of the methods put forward for the strengthening and speeding up the process of labor. after identification of glucocorticoid receptors in human amnion, the role of corticosteroids in starting the process of labor has been studied in numerous studies.the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of intravenous dexamethasone on preparing the cervix and o...

Background: Labor induction is one of the most public ways carried out global for delivering mothers. The aim of labor induction is to encourage uterine contractions before the spontaneous onset of labor, resultant in vaginal delivery misoprostol is used off-label for a variety of indications in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology, including medication abortion, medical management of misc...

Introduction: L'objectif était d'évaluer la mesure échographique de l’ouverture de l’orifice interne du col dans la prédiction de l’issue de la maturation cervicale et la comparer au Score de Bishop. Méthodes: Nous avons mené une étude prospective sur 10 mois, entre Juillet 2012 et avril 2013 colligeant 77 femmes nullipares admises pour déclenchement du travail à un terme de 41 SA avec un Score...

In the 1964 article "Pelvic Scoring for Elective Induction," obstetrician Edward Bishop describes his method to determine whether a doctor should induce labor, or artificially start the birthing process, in a pregnant woman. Aside from medical emergencies, a woman can elect to induce labor to choose when she gives birth and have a shorter than normal labor. The 1964 publication followed an earl...

Introduction Labor induction rates are increasing and, in Finland today, one of three labors is induced. Group B streptococcus (GBS) a bacterium found 10%–30% pregnant women and it can be transmitted to the neonate during vaginal delivery. Although GBS rarely harmful general population, leading cause severe neonatal infections such as sepsis, pneumonia, meningitis. In addition, maternal morbidi...

Background: We sought to compare the effectiveness and safety of sublingual versus vaginal misoprostol for the termination of pregnancy with a live full-term fetus.Methods: This randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was performed on 200 primiparous women with normal, singleton, full-term pregnancies candidated for the induction of labor. Sublingual and vaginal tablets cont...