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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Volume 28, 2015 - Issue 10
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Is membrane sweeping beneficial at the initiation of labor induction?

Jehad Al-HarmiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait and ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Al-Adan Tertiary Hospital, Kuwait
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Rachana ChibberDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait and ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Al-Adan Tertiary Hospital, KuwaitCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mohamed FoudaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Al-Adan Tertiary Hospital, Kuwait
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Zeinab Mohammed KDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Al-Adan Tertiary Hospital, Kuwait
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Eyad El-SalehDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait and ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Al-Adan Tertiary Hospital, Kuwait
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Asiya TasneemDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait and
Pages 1214-1218 | Received 23 Jun 2014, Accepted 21 Jul 2014, Published online: 18 Aug 2014

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Giuseppe Rizzo, Filomena Aloisio, Marylene Yacoub, Viktoriya Bitsadze, Maciej Słodki, Alexander Makatsariya & Francesco D’Antonio. (2021) Ultrasound assessment of the cervix in predicting successful membrane sweeping: a prospective observational study. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 34:6, pages 852-858.
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Brittany McIntyre. (2020) In pregnant women, does sweeping membranes lead to an earlier onset of labor?. Evidence-Based Practice 23:11, pages 34-35.
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Lisa D. Levine, Catalina M. Valencia & Jorge E. Tolosa. (2020) Induction of labor in continuing pregnancies. Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology 67, pages 90-99.
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Chukwudi H. Ugezu, Paul Corcoran, Elizabeth A. Dunn & Cathy Burke. (2020) Does membrane sweep work? Assessing obstetric outcomes and patient perception of cervical membrane sweeping at term in an Irish obstetric population: a prospective multi-centre cohort study. Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) 189:3, pages 969-977.
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Elaine M Finucane, Deirdre J Murphy, Linda M Biesty, Gillian ML Gyte, Amanda M Cotter, Ethel M Ryan, Michel Boulvain & Declan Devane. (2020) Membrane sweeping for induction of labour. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
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Jing Liu, Guang Song, Tao Meng & Ge Zhao. (2017) Membrane sweeping added to formal induction method to increase the spontaneous vaginal delivery: a meta-analysis. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 297:3, pages 623-630.
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Helen Feltovich. (2017) Cervical Evaluation. Obstetrics & Gynecology 130:1, pages 51-63.
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