Background: Labor induction is one of the common interventions in obstetric practice. Assessment cervix has been used as a predictor successful vaginal delivery. The traditional method predicting whether an induced labour will result delivery based on pre favourability assessed by Bishop score. Now we transvaginal sonography (TVS) objective assessment cervical length to evaluate role pre-induct...

A prospective study of 199 patients over a two year period, 1 Jun 90 to 31 May 92 at the Louise Margaret Maternity Wing, Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot was undertaken to audit the uptake of an offer of conservative management of prolonged pregnancy to women at 42 weeks gestation. The labour outcomes of patients opting for conservative or induction management plans were recorded and the ...

OBJECTIVE Oxytocin is one of the most frequently used drugs in labour and there are many different dosage regimens. The aim of this study was to examine the use of oxytocin by obstetricians in South Africa. METHODS A specially designed questionnaire was drawn up and distributed to specialists according to an address list obtained from the South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologi...

In a prospective study of 196 consecutive single births a significant increase in serum bilirubin concentrations was found in infants born after low amniotomy induction and oxytocin infusion compared with those born spontaneously. This relationship was not dose-dependent and may have been associated with artificial interruption of pregnancy rather than the oxytocin itself. Infants delivered aft...