Labor Induction with Orally Administrated Misoprostol: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Bishop score, indications for induction, and labor outcome data, presented per method of induction and separated for primi- and multiparos women (P/M). Data are presented as numbers (%) or mean (SD).

	Misoprostol; = 1040/635	Dinoproston; = 573/359	Amniotomy; = 349/404	Balloon catheter; = 205/128	Oxytocin; = 147/81	Dinoproston; = 51/30	value
Bishop score (0–10)	3/3	3/3	7/7	5/5	7/6	3/3	<0.01/0.01
Time from induction to delivery (h)							<0.01/0.01
(i) Vaginal	22/16	20/16	10/6	14/10	10/7	16/17
(ii) CS	27/22	25/26	12/11	12/14	13/14	22/21
Postdate pregnancies; ( = 713/38, %)	339/134; (32.5/21)	217/97; (38/27)	102/106; (29/26)	49/38; (24/30)	3/4; (2/5)	3/1; (6/3.5)
Indications for induction
PROM; ( = 609/27, %)	272/102; (26/16)	102/66; (18/18.5)	37/15; (11/4)	62/30; (30/23)	130/63; (88.5/78)	6/1; (12/3.5)
Maternal Reason; ( = 412/27, %)	183/101; (17.5/16)	125/84; (22/23.5)	49/62; (14/15)	34/19; (17/15)	5/3; (3.5/4)	16/9; (31/30)
Fetal reason; ( = 307/24, %)	165/127; (16/20)	55/35; (10/10)	45/60; (13/15)	16/13; (8/10)	3/1; (2/1)	23/12; (45/40)
Nonmedical reason; ( = 324/45, %)	81/171; (8/27)	74/77; (13/21)	116/161; (33/40)	44/28; (21/22)	6/10; (4/12)	3/7; (6/23)
Way of delivery							<0.01/0.01
Vaginal (%)	801/566; (77/89)	368/274; (64/76)	275/372; (79/92)	145/106; (71/83)	122/78; (83/96)	25/18; (49/60)
CS (%)	238/70; (23/11)	206/85; (36/24)	73/33; (21/8)	60/22; (29/17)	25/3; (17/4)	26/12; (51/40)
PPH > 1500 ml; ( = 124/58, %)	61/20; (6/3)	26/16; (5/4)	17/12; (5/3)	14/4; (7/3)	5/4; (3/5)	1/2; (2/7)
Apgar < 7,5′; ( = 19/9, %)	13/2; (1/0.3)	3/5; (0.5/1)	1/1; (0.3/0.3)	2/1; (1/0.8)	0/0; —	0/0; —
pH < 7.10; ( = 94, 42%)	51/13; (5/2)	21/12; (4/3)	16/13; (5/3)	2/3; (1/2)	4/1; (3/1)	0/0; —

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