Labor Induction versus Expectant Management in Low-Risk Nulliparous Women

Abstract

Induction of labor at 39 weeks in low-risk nulliparous women did not result in a significantly lower frequency of a composite adverse perinatal outcome, but it did result in a significantly lower frequency of cesarean delivery. (Funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; ARRIVE ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01990612 .).

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• MetroHealth Medical Center US
• George Washington University US
• University of Utah US
• University of Pittsburgh US
• Memorial Hermann US
• Stanford University US
• Philadelphia University US
• Northwestern University PH
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development US
• University of Alabama at Birmingham US
• Columbia University US
• The Ohio State University US
• Case Western Reserve University US
• The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center US
• Brown University US
• The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston US
• University of Pennsylvania US
• Duke University US
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill US
• Washington University in St. Louis US
• University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus US

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