Labor induction in indicated moderate to late preterm birth.

The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the success of labor induction for indicated moderate and late preterm birth. As secondary objectives, the mode of delivery was assessed. This is an observational study conducted in a tertiary care unit between 2013 and 2015.

[Stained amniotic fluid and meconium amniotic fluid: Should they change our obstetric management ?].

Objectives: To assess if a stained or meconial amniotic fluid during labor is correlated with a greater risk of neonatal metabolic acidosis.

Methods: In a retrospective case-control study carried out in a level 3 maternity from 1st of January to 31st of December 2014, all patients who delivered a singleton eutrophic fetus in cephalic presentation after 37WG and with a stained or meconial amniotic fluid during labor were included. Obstetrical and neonatal outcomes were compared according to the amniotic fluid's color.

[Emergency caesarean sections in primary care maternity: Impact of a color code].

Objectives: To estimate the impact of the introduction of color code on the decision to birth-delay (DDB) used to prioritize the emergency caesarean sections in a primary care maternity.

Materials And Methods: All patients who had an emergency caesarean section, for a single fetus, were included. The obstetrician, the anesthesiologist and the nurse of operating theatre were not on call in the maternity in nighttime.

[Correlation between fetal scalp samples and umbilical cord samples].

Objective: The objective was to evaluate the correlation between fetal scalp base excess (BE) and umbilical cord BE. Respective value of fetal scalp pH, BE and lactate for the prediction of neonatal metabolic acidosis were also evaluated.

Methods: A retrospective monocentric study was conducted in a French tertiary care academic maternity.