Maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with induction of labor after one previous cesarean delivery: A French retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The safety of methods of labor induction in women with previous cesarean deliveries is still debated. We investigated perinatal outcomes associated with labor induction among women with a trial of labor after one cesarean delivery.

Methods

This retrospective study included 339 women with a trial of labor after one prior cesarean and a singleton term fetus in cephalic presentation in 2013-2016 in a French maternity unit. Labor induction was performed with oxytocin, artificial rupture of membranes and/or prostaglandin E2, according to the Bishop score. The primary outcome was a composite of uterine rupture, low Apgar score, neonatal resuscitation or admission to a neonatal unit. The secondary outcomes included cesarean delivery after onset of labor, postpartum hemor

SUBMITTER: Vecchioli E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7413415 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature