Predictors of perinatal outcomes and economic costs for late-term induction of labour.

Objective: We aimed to predict the perinatal outcomes and costs of health services following labour induction for late-term pregnancies.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a cohort study of 245 women who underwent labour induction during their 41st week of gestation. The cervical condition was assessed upon admission using the Bishop score and ultrasound cervical length measurements.

Economic implications of labor induction.

Objective: To assess health service costs associated with labor induction according to different clinical situations in a tertiary-level hospital.

Methods: In a prospective study, individual patient cost data were assessed for women admitted for induction of labor at a tertiary hospital in Spain between November 1, 2012, and August 31, 2013. The costs of labor induction were estimated according to maternal and neonatal outcomes, method of delivery, cervical condition at admission, and obstetric indication.

Amniotic fluid sludge as a marker of intra-amniotic infection and histological chorioamnionitis in cervical insufficiency: a report of four cases and literature review.

Amniotic fluid sludge (AFS) is defined as the presence of particulate matter in the amniotic fluid in close proximity to the cervix. Although its prevalence is known to correlate with the risk of preterm delivery, initial reports describe a strong association between AFS and microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC) and histological chorioamnionitis. However, AFS is also present in uncomplicated pregnancies, and its prevalence appears to increase with gestational age.

Cervix assessment for the management of labor induction: reliability of cervical length and Bishop score determined by residents.

Aim: To evaluate the reliability of two techniques of cervical ripeness assessment at the beginning of labor induction, as assessed by inexperienced observers.

Methods: A total of 120 women were prospectively studied at admission for labor induction. Two independent physicians examined consenting women successively but separately.

[Conservative management of cervical ectopic pregnancy].

Background: Cervical ectopic pregnancy is a rare type of ectopic pregnancy (less than one percent of all ectopic pregnancies).

Objective: Assess the efficacy of the treatment options available.

Material And Methods: Retrospective study of the cervical ectopic pregnancies treated in our hospital from January 2005 to December 2011.

Low-risk pregnancy at 41 weeks: when should we induce labor?

Objective: To study the perinatal outcome according to whether labor was induced or not, when a low-risk pregnancy reached 41 weeks of gestation.

Methods: A quasi-experimental study of 11492 low-risk singleton pregnancies was designed. A total of 1,721 patients (15.