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The Effect of Ultrasound-Measured Preinduction Cervical Length on Delivery Outcome in a Low-Resource Setting
Joint Authors
Anikwe, Chidebe Christian
Okorochukwu, Bartholomew Chukwunonye
Ikeoha, Cyril Chijioke
Uchendu, Emmanuel
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-05-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Background.
Induction of labour is not without risk, and it calls for a method that will be sensitive enough to predict successful labour induction.
Aim.
This study aims to evaluate the role of transvaginal ultrasonographic cervical length measurement at term in the prediction of successful induction of labour (IOL).
Materials and Methods.
This prospective study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki between 1st of July and 30th of November 2015.
Preinduction Bishop score and cervical length were assessed before induction of labour.
Intracervical, cervical, extraamniotic Foley catheter was used to improve the Bishop score.
The data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS Statistics 20.
Results.
The mean maternal age of the study group was 30.68 ± 6.38 years with a range of 19–43 years.
The mean gestational age and parity were 39.57 ± 1.49 and 1.85 ± 0.63, respectively.
All the women studied had successful induction of labour with mean induction delivery time of 8.1 ± 3.0 hours and mean duration of labour of 7.4 ± 2.9 hours.
Preinduction cervical length is a good predictor of a short duration of labour (P=0.001).
Parturient with a preinduction cervical length of less than 3 cm was likely to have labour lasting less than 6 hours (RR = 4.20 (95% CI 1.85–9.529).
Conclusion.
Transvaginal sonographic measurement of cervical length provides a useful prediction of the likelihood of duration of labour following the induction of labour.
It is recommended that IOL should be considered and success anticipated in a parturient with a cervical length less than 3 cm.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Anikwe, Chidebe Christian& Okorochukwu, Bartholomew Chukwunonye& Uchendu, Emmanuel& Ikeoha, Cyril Chijioke. 2020. The Effect of Ultrasound-Measured Preinduction Cervical Length on Delivery Outcome in a Low-Resource Setting. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1214065
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Anikwe, Chidebe Christian…[et al.]. The Effect of Ultrasound-Measured Preinduction Cervical Length on Delivery Outcome in a Low-Resource Setting. The Scientific World Journal No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1214065
American Medical Association (AMA)
Anikwe, Chidebe Christian& Okorochukwu, Bartholomew Chukwunonye& Uchendu, Emmanuel& Ikeoha, Cyril Chijioke. The Effect of Ultrasound-Measured Preinduction Cervical Length on Delivery Outcome in a Low-Resource Setting. The Scientific World Journal. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1214065
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1214065