Induction of labor at 41 weeks of pregnancy among primiparas with an unfavorable Bishop score

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 288, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 989-993

  Marroquin, Guillermo A ^a   Tudorica, Nicolae ^a   Salafia, Carolyn M ^a   Hecht, Robert ^a   Mikhail, Magdy ^a  

^a BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

41 weeks; Induction of labor; Nulliparous; Unfavorable cervix

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL RUPTURE OF THE MEMBRANE; BALLOON; BIRTH WEIGHT; BISHOP SCORE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HEIGHT; MATERNAL WEIGHT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NULLIPARA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886095026     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-013-3006-6     Document Type: Article

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