The objectives were to evaluate whether induction, specifically prolonged labor, was associated with adverse maternal outcomes related to preeclampsia with severe features (PEC-S) and whether cesarean ...

7551 nulliparous women with singleton deliveries, ⩾37 weeks, Bishop Score ⩽6, induced with dinoprostone, misoprostol or transcervical single balloon catheter. Linear regression analysis was used to ...

Inducing labor in pregnant women aged 35 years or older at or near term does not increase the rate of cesarean deliveries, nor does it have adverse short-term effects on maternal or neonatal outcomes, ...

Labor-Nurse-Mother-Newborn_G_597273401 Cesarean delivery frequency may be significantly reduced with induction of labor at 39 weeks in low-risk nulliparous expectant mothers. Labor induction in ...

The risk of a cesarean delivery was 12 percent lower in women whose labor was induced compared with women who were managed with a 'wait-and-see' approach (expectant management), according to a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than half of at-term preeclampsia cases may be prevented with timed birth. Planned labor induction or ...

The headlines linking labor induction and autism risk are splashy--aren't they always with "autism linked to" stories? My favorite misstatement of the research is in this headline from Bloomberg: ...

If you’re pregnant, you may think your body will begin the labor process on its own. But sometimes that's not possible and medical professionals need to help start it through labor induction. This ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – In recent years, experts have debated whether most birthing individuals would benefit from labor induction once they reach a certain stage of pregnancy. But a new statewide study in ...