Research Article
Labor Induction with Orally Administrated Misoprostol: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 2
Bishop score, indications for induction, and labor outcome data, presented per method of induction. Data are presented as numbers (%) or mean (SD).
| | Misoprostol () | Dinoproston () | Amniotomy () | Balloon catheter () | Oxytocin () | Dinoproston () | value |
| Bishop score (0–10) | 3 (2) | 3 (1) | 7 (1) | 5 (1) | 7 (1) | 3 (2) | <0.001 | Indications for induction | | | | | | | | Postdate pregnancies (%, ) | 473 (28.0) | 314 (34.0) | 208 (28.0) | 87 (26.0) | 7 (3.0) | 4 (5.0) | <0.001 | PROM (%, ) | 374 (22.5) | 168 (18.0) | 52 (7.0) | 92 (28.0) | 193 (85.0) | 7 (9.0) | | Maternal reason (%, ) | 284 (17) | 209 (22.0) | 111 (15.0) | 53 (16.0) | 8 (3.5) | 25 (31.0) | | Fetal reason (%, ) | 292 (17.5) | 90 (10.0) | 105 (14.0) | 29 (9.0) | 4 (2.0) | 35 (43.0) | | Nonmedical reason (%, ) | 252 (15.0) | 151 (16.0) | 277 (37.0) | 72 (22.0) | 16 (7.0) | 10 (12.0) | | Time from induction to delivery (h) | | | | | | | <0.001 | (i) Vaginal | 19 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | | (ii) CS | 26 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 17 | Vaginal delivery in 24 h (VD24, %) | 1010 (60.0) | 487 (52.0) | 642 (85.0) | 249 (75.0) | 195 (86.0) | 26 (32.0) | 0.014 | Way of delivery (%) | | | | | | | <0.001 | (i) Vaginal | 1367 (82.0) | 642 (69.0) | 647 (86.0) | 251 (75.0) | 28 (12.0) | 43 (53.0) | | (ii) CS | 308 (18.0) | 291 (31.0) | 106 (14.0) | 82 (25.0) | 200 (88.0) | 38 (47.0) | PPH > 1500 ml (, %) | 81 (5.0) | 44 (5.0) | 29 (4.0) | 18 (5.5) | 7 (3.0) | 3 (4.0) | 0.4 | Apgar < 7,5′ (, %) | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | (1.0) | (1.0) | (0.5) | (1.0) | | | pH < 7.10 (, %) | 59 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 0 | <0.001 | (3.5) | (3.0) | (4.0) | (1.0) | (2.0) | |
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