H.L. is a 25-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1-0-0-0 admitted to the birth unit at 38 and 6/7 weeks' gestation for induction of labor because of an obstetric history of a previous intrauterine fetal ...

The relative risk of major complications from the use of misoprostol to induce labor, when used as currently recommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, compared with other ...

The median time from induction to delivery was 10 hours after administration of both mifepristone and misoprostol, significantly lower than the 17 hours after administration of misoprostol alone, ...

Induction of labor is a routinely applied obstetric intervention designed to stimulate uterine contractions when delaying delivery poses a risk to maternal or neonatal health. A range of cervical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Administering mifepristone before misoprostol, compared with misoprostol alone, shortened induction-to-delivery ...

Authors: Joanne L. Stone, MD, MSHCDL, Professor and System Chair of the Raquel and Jaime Gilinski Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with obesity who received vaginal misoprostol 25 µg and 50 µg had no difference in time to delivery.

Depending on your health and the health of the pregnancy, doctors may choose to induce labor anytime after 39 weeks. In order to soften the cervix and ready it for labor, doctors will either use a ...