Outcomes of elective induction of labour compared with expectant management: population based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine neonatal outcomes (perinatal mortality and special care unit admission) and maternal outcomes (mode of delivery, delivery complications) of elective induction of labour compared with expectant management.

Design

Retrospective cohort study using an unselected population database.

Setting

Consultant and midwife led obstetric units in Scotland 1981-2007.

Participants

1,271,549 women with singleton pregnancies of 37 weeks or more gestation.

Interventions

Outcomes of elective induction of labour (induction of labour with no recognised medical indication) at 37, 38, 39, 40, and 41 weeks' gestation compared with those of expectant management (continuation of pregnancy to either spontaneous labour, induction of labour or caesarean section

SUBMITTER: Stock SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3349781 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature