What is a failed labor induction?
Criteria for failed labor induction have not been standardized. The increasing prevalence of labor induction and the lack of a definition for failed induction contribute to unnecessary abdominal deliveries. Labor duration, cervical dilation, and uterine activity necessary to attain the active phase are reviewed. A practical definition of failed induction of labor is suggested.
Lin
Monique G
MG
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Center for Research in Women's Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. mlin@uab.edu
Rouse
Dwight J
DJ
D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D017211:Treatment Failure