Here’s an oldy-but-goody guest post I did for Lamaze’s “Connecting the Dots” in which I deconstructed a large randomized controlled trial concluding that labor should be induced if membranes ruptured at term and labor didn’t begin shortly thereafter.
Should Labor Be Induced Immediately with Term Prelabor Rupture of Membranes?
by Henci Goer | Nov 29, 2022 | Induction of Labor

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