Baby by Appointment?

NURS 350~ Ferris State University Amanda Badgley Christine Demler

Mariah Lab
Tracie Strand Denise VanderWeele

Spontaneous Onset of Labor VS. Elective Induction of Labor

Spontaneous Onset of Labor
starts naturally usually occurs between 38-42 weeks gestation

(at term)

Elective IOL
no medical reason 1/3 of all deliveries

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Expectant Management of Labor C/section Trends

53%
Incr. between 1996-2007

32.8%
Of all deliveries in 2010

OB nurse observations
(Menacker, & Hamilton, 2010).

PICO Statement
P (Population)
normal pregnant women at > 38 weeks gestation

I (Intervention)
having an elective IOL

C (Comparison)
waiting for the spontaneous onset of labor

O (Outcome)
have a higher c/s rate as a result of a failed
induction

Literature Search
High level of evidence

Peer reviewed

Recent research

Reliable publications

Article #1 Overview
Elective IOLs full term pregnancies (37-41 weeks) frequency of emergency c/section using different induction methods. Conclusion: Elective IOLs = 2x chance of emergency c/section Cervical ripening = 3x chance of emergency c/section
(Jonsson, Cnattingius, & Wikstrm, 2012)

Article #1 Evidence
13,980 births 7973 met criteria 7630 women had spontaneous labor 343 had elective IOL Prolonged labor: stress on baby non-reassuring fetal status emergency c/section (Jonsson et al., 2012).

Article #1 Conclusions
The information in this article can help doctors and patients make a more informed choice on whether or not to induce labor especially if there is no medical need to induce.

Article #2 Overview
13 hospitals in Finger Lakes, NY. 14,500 deliveries per year. New York State birth-certificate database
from 2004-2008. 38,000 women low-risk singleton vertex presentation labored and delivered between 37 0/7 and 42 6/7 weeks (Glantz, 2010).

Article #2 Evidence
Spontaneously laboring women (n=10, 608) Elective induction (n=1,241) were determined to have an increase chance
of intrapartum interventions and adverse maternal outcomes. higher rates of NICU admissions maternal length of stay increased by 0.34 days (Glantz, 2010).

Article #2 Conclusions

risk for cesarean deliveries by 1-2 deliveries per 25 elective IOLs v. spontaneous labor or expectant management.

One million inductions in U.S.per year could mean as many as 40,000 cesarean deliveries could be potentially avoided (Glantz, 2010).

Article #3 Overview
Birth between 2006-2008 Chosen by a data base after the computer filtered through the women who met the inclusion criteria. Divided into either the control group or the test group (Osmundson, Ou-Yang, and Grobman, 2010).

Article #3 Evidence
Test Group & Control Group 294 women in each group Nulliparity (first pregnancy), Gestational age >39 0/7 weeks A singleton vertex presentation Known cervical status at 38 0/738 6/7 weeks of gestation, A modified Bishop Score of at least 5
(Osmundson et al., 2010).

Article #3 Evidence (cont)

All data are mean +/- standard deviation or %. (Osmundson et al., 2010, p. 603)

Article #3 Conclusion
Peer reviewed and has been approved by Northwestern University (Osmundson et al., 2010).
Without bias

Research information 1975 to present

Different results with larger sample size?

Article #4
Stanford -SCSF Evidence-Based Practice Center Maternal risk in elective IOL
vs. Expectant management &

Spontaneous onset of Labor 3,722 published articles reviewed 76 met criteria (Caughey et al., 2009). further classified by gestational age

Article #4 Evidence
The overall cesarean delivery rate among the women who were induced and those who were
expectantly managed was 11 percent and 14 percent, respectively, (Caughey et al., 2009)

20% reduction in c/sect rate for women

induced at > 41 0/7 wks. gestation.

< 41 weeks - no difference in C/sect rate

(Caughey et al., 2009)

Article #4 Evidence
These findings are consistent with other meta-analysis of induction of labor in post term and term pregnancies but are contrary to many observational studies.
(Caughey et al., 2009).

Article #4 Conclusions

9 RCTs =20 % c/s rate for elective IOLs at > 41 wks. gest. v. expectant management of labor Observational studies = C/s rate for patients who choose elective IOL No difference in c/s rate for those elective IOLs < 41 wks. gest

Analysis & Application

Elective induction? C/section?

Gestational age?
Expectant Management? Bishop score? Favorable Cervix?

Spontaneous Labor?

Reference

Caughey , A., Sundaram , V., Kaimal , A., Cheng , Y., Gienger , A., Little , S., Lee , J., & Wong , L. (2009). Maternal and neonatal outcomes of elective induction of labor. 176(1), 1-257. Retrieved from http://0www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.libcat.ferris.edu/books/NBK386 79/ Glantz, J. (2010). Term labor induction compared with expectant management. Obstetrics & Gynecology,115(1), 70-76. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181c4ef96

Reference

Jonsson, M., Cnattingius , S., & Wikstrm , A. (2012). Elective induction of labor and the risk of cesarean section in low-risk parous women: a cohort study. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 92(2), 198-203. doi: 10.1111/aogs.12043 Menacker, F. & Hamilton, B. (2010). Recent trends in cesarean delivery in the United States. NCHS Data Brief 35. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/delivery.htm

Reference
Osmundson, S., Ou-Yang, R., & Grobman, W. (2010). Elective induction compared with expectant management in nulliparous women with a favorable cervix. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 116(3), 601-605. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181eb6e9b