Induction of labor as compared with serial antenatal monitoring in post-term pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial
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Women with post-term pregnancies in whom labor is induced may be less likely to have a cesarean section than those who have serial antenatal monitoring. Of 3,407 women with pregnancies longer than 41 weeks, 1,701 underwent induction of labor, and 1,706 had serial antenatal monitoring, which involves checking for fetal distress. Among the women who had labor induction, 360 (21.2%) had to have a cesarean section, compared with 418 women (24.5%) who had serial antenatal monitoring. Approximately six percent of women in the labor induction group underwent cesarean section for fetal distress, compared with eight percent of those in the antenatal monitoring group. Excluding two infants with congenital abnormalities, none of the infants in the labor induction group were stillborn, compared with two in the antenatal monitoring group. The risk of a stillbirth increases when a pregnancy extends two or more weeks beyond the predicted due date.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 1992
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Maternal outcomes at 2 years after planned cesarean section versus planned vaginal birth for breech presentation at term: the international randomized term breech trial
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The study was undertaken to compare maternal outcomes at 2 years postpartum after planned cesarean section and planned vaginal birth for the singleton fetus in breech presentation at term. Planned cesarean section is not associated with substantially better or worse outcomes for women 2 years after the birth compared with planned vaginal birth, if the fetus is in breech presentation at term.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2004
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Outcomes of children at 2 years after planned cesarean birth versus planned vaginal birth for breech presentation at term: The international randomized term breech trial
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether planned cesarean delivery for the singleton fetus in breech presentation at term reduces the risk of death or neurodevelopmental delay at 2 years of age. Planned cesarean delivery is not associated with a reduction in risk of death or neurodevelopmental delay in children at 2 years of age.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2004
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