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Published in Drug Week, October 31st, 2008

"We sought to determine maternal factors that influence success of labor induction and whether the probability of cesarean delivery changed with time during induction. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 1650 singleton pregnancies induced at a gestation of 37 weeks or longer, with birthweights of 2500 g or greater, and without congenital anomalies," investigators in the United States report.

"We used multivariate logistic regression to calculate odds ratios for cesarean. Nulliparity (odds ratio [OR] 7.8, 95% confidence interval [CI] 5.7 to 11), hypertension (OR 1.4, 95% CI 1.1 to 1.8), diabetes (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.6 to 3.1), maternal age 28.8 years old or older...

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Source: Drug Week (2008-10-31)

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