title: What is a failed labor induction?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Monique G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Dwight J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Rouse
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D017211:Treatment Failure