Arch Gynecol Obstet
March 2013
Objective: To determine elective induction of labor outcomes in term, low-risk women who delivered in a community teaching hospital.
Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of women admitted from January 1, 2006 to January 31, 2010, for elective induction of labor. A comprehensive search of the perinatal database identified low-risk patients at ≥39 weeks gestation and ≤41 weeks with singleton pregnancies in vertex presentation.