Optimising daytime deliveries when inducing labour using prostaglandin vaginal inserts.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine induction start time(s) that would maximise daytime deliveries when using prostaglandin vaginal inserts.

Methods

Women enrolled into the Phase III trial, EXPEDITE (clinical trial registration: NCT01127581), had labour induced with either a misoprostol or dinoprostone vaginal insert (MVI or DVI). A secondary analysis was conducted to determine the optimal start times for induction by identifying the 12-h period with the highest proportion of deliveries by parity and treatment.

Results

Optimal start times for achieving daytime deliveries when using MVI appear to be 19:00 in nulliparae and 23:00 in multiparae. Applying these start times, the median time of onset of active labour would be approximately 08:30 for both parities and the median time of

SUBMITTER: Miller H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4776722 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature