Labour induction at 39 weeks improves perinatal outcomes: study
Benefit strongest for women with socioeconomic deprivation and nulliparous women, researchers say.
Induction of labour at 39 weeks is associated with a small reduction in the risk for adverse perinatal outcomes, particularly for women with socioeconomic deprivation and nulliparous women, according to a study in PLOS Medicine.
Dr Patrick Muller (PhD), from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues sought to identify adverse perinatal outcomes associated with induction of labour with birth at 39 weeks of gestation versus expectant management based on maternal characteristics in women with low-risk pregnancies.
