Evidence-based labor management: induction of labor (part 2)

Failed induction of labor and associated factors among women delivered in Jigjiga University Sheik Hassan Yabare Referral Hospital: a cross-sectional study

“…However, the magnitude of failed IOL found in this study was lower than the study done in woldia general hospital-37.1% [18]. But it may also be due to variation in commonly used methods of induction of labor, in which oxytocin infusion was the predominantly used method in the study area [24][25][26] while in the other cases misoprostol with other safe methods like Balloon catheter was used as a common practice and also due to high number of nulliparous women came to delivery [24,[27][28][29][30][31]. This difference might be due to the variances in the selection criteria in which the previous studies de ned failed induction only if mothers failed to achieve active rst stage of labor after 6 to 8 h. In this study, any labour that led to caesarean section (C/S) after initiation of labor induction was considered a failed induction regardless of the time.…”

Induction within or after 12 hours of ≥36 weeks’ prelabor rupture of membranes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…The labor course should be followed with the least manual cervical exam possible; if needed, cervical exam can be safely assessed by ultrasound (25,26). The rest of labor management can follow general guidelines for management of induction (27) and labor (28).…”

Evidence-based labor management: first stage of labor (part 3)

“…Aspects related to the first stage of labor are covered in this third article of the series. 1 Evidence-based guidelines for "before labor" preparations 6 and for "induction of labor" 7 have already been published. This review, as the others in this series, was limited in general to lowrisk women, carrying a singleton gestation usually in vertex presentation at term (37 0/7 to 41 6/7 weeks of gestation).…”