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Induction of labour at or beyond 37 weeks gestation

Project Status Complete

Organisation Lead South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute

Lead Investigator Philippa Middleton

Program Area Implementing Prevention Strategies

Topic Improving Decision-making And Communication Around Timing Of Birth

Contact Philippa Middleton at philippa.middleton@sahmri.com

The objective of this study was to assess the effects of a policy of labour induction at or beyond 37 weeks gestation compared with a policy of awaiting spontaneous labour indefinitely (or until a later gestational age, or until a maternal or fetal indication for induction of labour arises) on pregnancy outcomes for the infant and the mother.

Read the review here: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004945.pub5/full

Western Pacific Regional Office of the International Stillbirth Alliance
Coordinating Centre, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Alliance, Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand

Level 3, Aubigny Place
Mater Research Institute
Raymond Terrace,
South Brisbane QLD 4101
The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine

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