title: Cervical examination prior to induction in postdate pregnancies.
abstract: Results from cervical examination prior to induction of labor at 42 weeks of completed gestation differed significantly between those patients in whom delivery was by cesarean section and those in whom delivery was vaginal. The absolute value of the difference was small, however, and the overlap between the two groups was so great that it was not clinically useful. Cervical examination prior to induction was a poor screening test for determining those patients in whom delivery would ultimately be by cesarean section.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Witter
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Weitz
mesh_terms: D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced; D011247:Pregnancy; D011273:Pregnancy, Prolonged / Q000502:physiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation