Prediction of failed labor induction in parous women at term: Role of previous obstetric history, digital examination and sonographic measurement of cervical length

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-306

  Park, Kyo Hoon ^a   Hong, Joon Seok ^a   Shin, Dong Myung ^a   Kang, Woong Sun ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bishop score; Cervical length; Labor induction; Obstetric history; Parous women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 63149161797     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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