Routine induction in late-term pregnancies: follow-up of a Danish induction of labour paradigm.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

For many years, routine elective induction of labour at gestational week (GW) 42+0 has been recommended in Denmark. In 2011, a more proactive protocol was introduced aimed at reducing stillbirths, and practice changed into earlier routine induction, i.e. between 41+3 and 41+5 GW. The present study evaluates a national change in induction of labour regime. The trend of maternal and neonatal consequences are monitored in the preintervention period (2000-2010) compared with the postintervention period (2012-2016).

Design

A national retrospective register-based cohort study.

Setting

Denmark.

Participants

All births in Denmark 41+3 to 45+0 GWs between 2000 and 2016 (N = 152 887).

Outcome measures

Primary outcomes: stillbirths, perinatal death, and

SUBMITTER: Rydahl E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6937045 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature