Elective induction of labor at term compared with expectant management: maternal and neonatal outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the association of elective induction of labor at term compared with expectant management and maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study of all deliveries without prior cesarean delivery in California in 2006 using linked hospital discharge and vital statistics data. We compared elective induction at each term gestational age (37-40 weeks) as defined by The Joint Commission with expectant management in vertex, nonanomalous, singleton deliveries. We used multivariable logistic regression to test the association of elective induction and cesarean delivery, operative vaginal delivery, maternal third- or fourth-degree lacerations, perinatal death, neonatal intensive care unit admission, respiratory distress, shoulder dystocia,

SUBMITTER: Darney BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3905733 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature