Amniotomy

01/01/2017 - "If dystocia during the active phase, an amniotomy is recommended in first-line treatment. "
08/01/2015 - "The study aim was to determine the effect of early amniotomy on the risk of dystocia and cesarean delivery in nulliparous women. "
01/01/2006 - "The results of Early amniotomy increases the frequency of fetal heart rate abnormalities, A randomized controlled trial of early amniotomy, Effect of early amniotomy on the risk of dystocia in nulliparous women, The influence of elective amniotomy on fetal heart rate patterns and the course of labor in term patients: A randomized study, Randomised trial comparing a policy of early with selective amniotomy in uncomplicated labour at term and A randomized controlled trial and meta-analysis of active management of labour were analyzed using Mantel-Haenszel method (fixed effect model) in meta-analysis. "
02/01/2023 - "Other than a reduction in artificial rupture of membranes in the Dystocia Line group there were no other differences in labour management or birth outcomes. "
08/01/2015 - "Early amniotomy was associated with lower rate of dystocia and cesarean delivery as well as shorter duration of labor."

05/01/2015 - "Patients with gestation below 37 weeks, those with intra-uterine growth restriction, bad obstetric history, previous uterine scar and patients in whom Bishop score improved for amniotomy after 1st dinoprostone pessary, were excluded. "
11/01/2023 - "The study enrolled 353 women with scar uterus: 121 women were induced by balloon catheter, 57 by osmotic cervical dilatators, 91 by oxytocin alone, 84 by amniotomy. "
01/01/2022 - "Providers were less comfortable offering oxytocin induction compared with cervical foley or amniotomy (P < 0.001) and offering TOLAC to patients with an unknown uterine scar (P < 0.001). "
02/01/1982 - "4) Certain basic safety requirements such as available operating room facilities and adequate personnel for careful observation are mandatory, but other management policies that remain controversial include use of regional anesthesia, oxytocin administration, timing of hospital admission, artificial rupture of membranes, mode of delivery, proper method to evaluate the uterine scar, and delivery of fetuses in breech presentation and twins. "

10/01/2016 - "Postassessment results showed statistically significant (P<.001) increases in self-perceived competence performing all tested skills including reading fetal heart tracings, knot-tying, measuring cervical dilation, amniotomy, estimating fetal weight, and estimating blood loss. "
05/01/2000 - "This study was undertaken to search for differences between fetal weights estimated both ultrasonographically and clinically before and after amniotomy in laboring gravid women. "
05/01/2000 - "Comparisons made with unpaired Student t test analyses demonstrated a difference (P <.001) between ultrasonographically estimated fetal weights before and after amniotomy. "
05/01/2000 - "Estimates of fetal weight (ultrasonographic and clinical) were obtained for laboring gravid women before and after amniotomy. "
05/01/2000 - "Estimation of fetal weight before and after amniotomy in the laboring gravid woman."

01/01/2013 - "The most frequently cited benefits of physical exercise during pregnancy include: shorter delivery, less frequent need for anesthesia, reduced risk of operative births, a lower rate of induction of labor, amniotomy, episiotomy and perineum lacerations, and improved neonatal outcome. "
09/01/2007 - "The comparisons suggest that episiotomy, artificial rupture of membranes, obstructed labor, and late pregnancies are the most salient risk factors for third/fourth-degree lacerations within Iowa. "
07/12/2007 - "Cesarean section (18 percent), repair of current obstetric laceration (18 percent), and artificial rupture of membranes (14 percent) accounted for one-half of all obstetrical procedures. "
09/01/2002 - "Data on total obstetric procedures and eight specific procedures (cesarean section, medical and surgical induction of labor, other artificial rupture of membranes, episiotomy, repair of current obstetric laceration, vacuum extraction, forceps delivery) were obtained from the National Hospital Discharge Survey, a nationally representative survey of discharges from short-stay non-Federal hospitals. "
12/01/1989 - "The reported rates of cesarean sections, repair of current obstetric lacerations, artificial rupture of membranes, and vacuum extraction increased throughout the whole period from 1980 to 1987, however, and thus are less likely to have risen because of changes in reporting practices."

06/01/1994 - "Endometritis did not occur in the intact group, whereas four cases occurred in the amniotomy group (P = .12). "
01/01/2010 - "Risk of endometritis was independently associated with younger age and anemia and was marginally associated with lack of private health insurance and amniotomy. "
01/01/2010 - "Risk of endometritis was marginally associated with a proxy for low socioeconomic status, lack of private health insurance (OR, 1.72 [CI, 0.99-3.00]); with amniotomy (OR, 1.69 [CI, 0.97-2.95]); and with longer duration of rupture of membranes. "
07/01/1998 - "Careful timing and amniotomy, limited vaginal examinations, and prophylactic antibiotics for cesarean section delivery may help to reduce the incidence and severity of endomyometritis. "