Induction of labour is frequently performed for pregnancies of more than 41 weeks gestation to reduce perinatal mortality. Induction at term (beyond 37 weeks) can also reduce complications, particularly when a mother has existing health problems likehigh blood pressure. Yet there has been no large ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the safety of initiating labor using a sustained-release prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) vaginal insert at a nonuniversity-based community hospital. STUDY DESIGN: Data were compiled from a chart review of all cases in which the insert (Cervidil) was used during a 16-month perio...
since inducing labor by breaking water had done the trick. (Thank you, Lord!) I was in enough pain that I hoped to be at least 6 cm dilated, especially since I had been at 3 cm for the last few weeks.
Different methods of inducing labor. The medical method and its results at the Geneva Maternity : Chanal, G.: Monatschr. f. Geburtsh. u. Gynk. 119: 69, 1945doi:10.1016/0002-9378(46)90215-3GreenhillJ.P.American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology...
PARTICIPANTS: Two hundred and sixty-eight women requiring induction of labour at term (>37 weeks of gestation) with no significant fetal or medical condition, no previous uterine surgery and no contraindication to prostaglandin. METHODS: Misoprostol 25 microg (one-quarter of a 100 microg tablet)...
An agent is disclosed for heat shock protein induction in human and animal cells, comprising at least one phenol compound selected out of the group of cinnamic acid derivatives, or a mixture of such
The body weight of all rats was recorded at least once a week during the experiment. The experiment was carried out for 16 weeks, and the rats were executed at the 11, 14 and 16 weeks, with three rats in each group. Before execution, the rats were fasted for 12 h and water was ing...
at 4 °C for 10 min at 1500 rpm and the pellet was suspended in PBS. For the total BMT, 5 × 106BMCs were injected into the tail vein of mice irradiated with 10 Gy. Four to six weeks after reconstitution, the BMCs were obtained to examine the chimerisms by measuring GFP+...
the ratio decreased in the weeks following ovariectomy; in contrast, the ratios in the Naïve and Spheroid groups remained fairly constant. Interestingly, the ratios in the Spheroid group were significantly higher than those in the NTx and Naïve groups at 1 and 2 weeks post-surgery (p <...
The Different methods of inducing labor. The medical method and its results at the geneva maternitydoi:10.1016/0002-9378(46)90215-3J.P. GreenhillElsevier BVAmerican Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology