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Post-term Pregnancy and Induction of Labor
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13 Reference Texts and Articles
If you have been unable to obtain the previous references online, then try these paper-based materials.
Textbooks
- Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies. Prolonged Pregnancy, Chapter 27. Gabbe SG, Neibyl JR, Simpson JL (Eds.) 4th Edition. -Churchill Livingstone, New York, 2002. Pages 931-944 (Level III)
- Williams Obstetrics. Postterm Pregnancy, 21st Edition. Cunningham GF, et al (Eds.) Section 7, No. 28, pp. 729-618742. McGraw-Hill, 2001. (Level III)
Other paper based references
- Antepartum Fetal Surveillance ACOG Practice Bulletin NUMBER 9, OCTOBER 1999 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (Level III)
- Fetal Macrosomia ACOG Practice Bulletin NUMBER 22, NOVEMBER 2000 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (Level III)
- Intrauterine Growth Restriction ACOG Practice Bulletin NUMBER 12, JANUARY 2000 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (Level III)
- Induction of Labor ACOG Practice Bulletin NUMBER 10, NOVEMBER 1999 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (Level III)
- Monitoring During Induction of Labor with Dinoprostone ACOG Committee Opinion Number 209, October 1998 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (Level III)
- Induction of Labor with Misoprostol ACOG Committee Opinion Number 228, November 1999 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (Level III)
- Response to Searle's Drug Warning on Misoprostol ACOG Committee Opinion Number 248, December 2000 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (Level III)
- Induction of labor for vaginal birth after cesarean delivery. ACOG Committee opinion. Obstet Gynecol 2002 Apr;99(4):679-80 (Level III)
- Operative Vaginal Delivery ACOG Practice Bulletin NUMBER 17, JUNE 2000 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (Level III)
- Shoulder dystocia ACOG Practice Bulletin NUMBER 40, NOVEMBER 2002 Obstet Gynecol 2002 Nov;100(5 Pt 1):1045-50 (Level III)
Article references
- Crane JM, Young DC, Butt KD, Bennett KA, Hutchens D. Excessive uterine activity accompanying induced labor. Obstet Gynecol 2001 Jun;97(6):926-31 (Level II-2)
- Danielsson KG, Marions L, Rodriguez A, Spur BW, Wong PY, Bygdeman M. Comparison between oral and vaginal administration of misoprostol on uterine contractility. Obstet Gynecol 1999 Feb;93(2):275-80 (Level III)
- Evertson LR, Gauthier RJ, Schifrin BS, Paul RH. Antepartum fetal heart rate testing. I. Evolution of the nonstress test. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1979 Jan 1;133(1):29-33 (Level II-3)
- Freeman RK, Anderson G, Dorchester W. A prospective multi-institutional study of antepartum fetal heart rate monitoring. I. Risk of perinatal mortality and morbidity according to antepartum fetal heart rate test results. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1982 Aug 1;143(7):771-7 (Level II-2)
- Freeman RK, Anderson G, Dorchester W. A prospective multi-institutional study of antepartum fetal heart rate monitoring. II. Contraction stress test versus nonstress test for primary surveillance. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1982 Aug 1;143(7):778-81 (Level II-2)
- Goeree R, Hannah M, Hewson S. Cost-effectiveness of induction of labour versus serial antenatal monitoring in the Canadian Multicentre Postterm Pregnancy Trial. CMAJ 1995 May 1;152(9):1445-50 (Level I)
- Hannah ME, Hannah WJ, Hellmann J, Hewson S, Milner R, Willan A. Induction of labor as compared with serial antenatal monitoring in post-term pregnancy. A randomized controlled trial. The Canadian Multicenter Post-term Pregnancy Trial Group. N Engl J Med 1992 Jun 11;326(24):1587-92 (Level I)
- Incerpi MH, Fassett MJ, Kjos SL, Tran SH, Wing DA. Vaginally administered misoprostol for outpatient cervical ripening in pregnancies complicated by diabetes mellitus. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001 Oct;185(4):916-9 (Level I)
- Lydon-Rochelle M, Holt VL, Easterling TR, Martin DP. Risk of uterine rupture during labor among women with a prior cesarean delivery. N Engl J Med 2001 Jul 5;345(1):3-8 (Level II-2)
- Manning FA, Morrison I, Lange IR, Harman CR, Chamberlain PF. Fetal assessment based on fetal biophysical profile scoring: experience in 12,620 referred high-risk pregnancies. I. Perinatal mortality by frequency and etiology. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1985 Feb 1;151(3):343-50 (Level II-3)
- Nadkarni V, Hazinski MF, Zideman D, Kattwinkel J, Quan L, Bingham R, Zaritsky A, Bland J, Kramer E, Tiballs J. Pediatric resuscitation: an advisory statement from the Pediatric Working Group of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. Circulation 1997 Apr 15;95(8):2185-95 (Level III)
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Network of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units. A clinical trial of induction of labor versus expectant management in postterm pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1994 Mar;170(3):716-23 (Level I)
- Stitely ML, Browning J, Fowler M, Gendron RT, Gherman RB. Outpatient cervical ripening with intravaginal misoprostol. Obstet Gynecol 2000 Nov;96(5 Pt 1):684-8 (Level I)
- Walker N. A case for conservatism in management of foetal distress. Br Med J 1959;2:1221-1226. (Level I)
- Wing, DA Labor induction with misoprostol
AJOG 1999; 181:339-45). (Level III)
