PURPOSE To evaluate the role of quantitative elastography of the cervix in the prediction of successful labor induction compared to the Bishop score (BS) and ultrasound cervical length (CL). MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective pilot study was conducted between July 2010 and June 2011 in patients without preterm membrane rupture undergoing labor induction with vaginal prostaglandins. Before st...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of Isosorbide mononitrate (IMN) as a cervical ripening agent prior to induction of labour in term pregnant women. MATERIALS AND METHODS A randomized placebo-controlled study was conducted on 100 term singleton pregnancies planned for induction of labour. The participants were randomly assigned to two groups. One group received 40 mg IMN and the ot...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of extra-amniotic Foley catheter with intra cervical Dinoprostone gel for preinduction cervical ripening. Study Design: A randomized, prospective study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PGIMS Rohtak on 100 pregnant women admitted for induction of labor. Fifty patients were randomized to receive Dinopros...

This investigation was undertaken to compare the cost impact of prostaglandin E2 gel delivered intracervically in an outpatient versus an inpatient setting. Eligible pregnant women with a singleton gestation that was beyond 37 weeks gestational age and who had an unfavorable cervix (Bishop score < or = 4) received a single dose of 0.5 mg of prostaglandin E2 intracervically as an outpatient or o...

Sr. Weisenbeck is president and chairwoman, leadership council, Congreation of the Sisters of theThird Order of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration, La Crosse, Wis. Adiocesan bishop may assign his oversight for particular apostolic activities to persons called episcopal vicars. Canon 476 articulates the conditions for appointment, and the vicar's duties and authority. "As often as the good gover...

across) and UI-21 (1.5 cm across). UI-3 is a websterite, composed of augite (gray), orthopyroxene (white) and spinel (brown); at the top is the host basalt. UI-21 is a spinel lherzolite; spinel is brown, other phases near-white. MINERALOGY DETERMINATIONS BY CHEMIN XRD, TESTED ON ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS (MANTLE XENOLITHS). A. H. Treiman, K. L. Robinson, D. F. Blake, and D. Bish. Lunar and Planetary Ins...

In this paper we shall prove two theorems about extending holo-morphic mappings between complex manifolds. Both results involve extending such mappings across pseudo-concave boundaries. The first is a removable singularities statement for meromorphic mappings into compact K~ihler manifolds. The precise result and several illustrative examples are given in Section 1. The second theorem is a Hart...