A Medscape article reporting on a randomized controlled trial claims that induction with an unfavorable cervix doesn’t increase cesarean rates, but let’s look closer. Investigators randomly allocated 162 1st-time mothers with a Bishop score of 5 or less (a 1-10 scale...
In a new Science & Sensibility post, "Elective Induction at 40 Weeks? 'Decision-Based Evidence Making' Strikes Again," Henci deconstructs a systematic review claiming that elective induction at 40 weeks improves outcomes without increasing cesarean rate.
German investigators explored the relationship between labor induction and fetal death between 2005 and 2012 in 5,300,000 births in order to determine whether a policy of late term induction decreased fetal death rates. The induction rate rose over the time period...
The first in Henci’s new Take Charge of Your Birth Series, Labor Pain: What’s Your Best Strategy? delivers up-to-date access to the best medical research plus practical strategies for developing your plan and putting it into action. Also available in audiobook.
