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  • Title: [Current practice and results of labor induction].
    Author: Csorba R, Aranyosi J, Juhász G, Zatik J, Major T.
    Journal: Orv Hetil; 2003 Oct 05; 144(40):1977-80. PubMed ID: 14626639.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: The role of labor induction has been gradually increasing in the last decade all over Europe due to the early detection of fetal jeopardy, improvement of neonatal therapy and availability of cervical ripening agents. Success rate of vaginal delivery depends on maternal, fetal condition and cervical status. PATIENTS: Authors report the outcome of 795 labor inductions during the period from 1996 to 2000 at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. Preinduction cervical ripening and induction method was based on Bishop score and clinical situation. RESULTS: The rate of induced labor was 5.97% out of 13312 consecutive deliveries. The outcome of induction is discussed in details. The caesarean section rate after induction of vaginal delivery was 25% in this high risk group, and 33.3% among the total number of inductions. CONCLUSIONS: The clinical application of prostaglandins for cervical ripening among high risk pregnant women facilitates the decision of labor induction and provides a favourable rate of vaginal deliveries.
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