TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of elective induction on birth weight
AU - Melton, L. J.
AU - Gallenberg, M. M.
AU - Noller, K. L.
PY - 1979
Y1 - 1979
N2 - The 1,250 Mayo Clinic obstetric deliveries for 1976 wre reviewed and 73 elective inductions were identified. Sixty-three of these mothers were successfully matched by gravidity, parity, and age within 5 years with healthy women in whom delivery was spontaneous at term. The mean birth weight for the electively delivered infants was greater than that for the controls, but the difference was not statistically significant. Mean gestation and 1-minute Apgar scores were similar for both groups. The neonatal problems observed, with the exception of elevated bilirubin levels, did not seem to point to any special hazard of induction. Even though pregnancy is interrupted, elective induction, as practiced at the Mayo clinic, was not shown to produce a systematic reduction in birth weight.
AB - The 1,250 Mayo Clinic obstetric deliveries for 1976 wre reviewed and 73 elective inductions were identified. Sixty-three of these mothers were successfully matched by gravidity, parity, and age within 5 years with healthy women in whom delivery was spontaneous at term. The mean birth weight for the electively delivered infants was greater than that for the controls, but the difference was not statistically significant. Mean gestation and 1-minute Apgar scores were similar for both groups. The neonatal problems observed, with the exception of elevated bilirubin levels, did not seem to point to any special hazard of induction. Even though pregnancy is interrupted, elective induction, as practiced at the Mayo clinic, was not shown to produce a systematic reduction in birth weight.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 480989
AN - SCOPUS:0018700262
SN - 0025-6196
VL - 54
SP - 646
EP - 650
JO - Mayo Clinic proceedings
JF - Mayo Clinic proceedings
IS - 10
ER -