Intrapartum intervention rates and perinatal outcomes following induction of labour compared to expectant management at term from an Australian perinatal centre.
Induction of labor (IOL) is a common obstetric intervention, yet its impact on intervention rates and perinatal outcomes is conflicting. To evaluate the impact of IOL on intrapartum intervention rates and perinatal outcomes in women with singleton pregnancies at term. This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study of term singleton deliveries at the Mater Mother's Hospital in Brisbane, Australia in 2007-2013. The IOL cohort was compared to an expectantly managed group. Of the final cohort (44 698 women), 64.4% had expectant management and 35.6% had IOL. Multivariate analyses showed that IOL was associated with lower odds of spontaneous vaginal delivery from ≥37 weeks gestation. The risk of emergency caesareanArtist Scott Cohen walks by his Life Cube, an interactive community art installation, with, from left, Cheryl Slater, Mary Lou Anderson, and Natalie Johnson after saying the cube in downtown Las Vegas, Friday March 21, 2014. The Life Cube, later burned, was a 24-by-24-foot plywood cube, painted by artists and filled with notes from thousands of people.