Pre-induction cervical ripening and hygroscopic cervical dilators in pre-labor induction

Figures & data

Figure 1. Flow diagram of eligible patients.

Table 1. Characteristics of patients.

Characteristics of hygroscopic-dilators patients	N°	Range
Age, years (median)	31	22–44
BMI^a, kg/m^2 (median)	24	18–33
Parity
Nulliparous	12 (34.4%)
Multiparous	23 (65.7%)
Gestational age
37 weeks	7 (20,0%)
38 weeks	5 (14.3%)
39 weeks	9 (25,7%)
40 weeks	9 (25,7%)
41 weeks	5 (14.3%)
Patients with previous cesarean section	0
N° of inserted dilators, median	5	3–5
Change in Bishop score	35 (100 %)
Bishop-score before dilapan, median	2	0–3
Bishop-score after dilapan, median	4	2–6
Patients with other rounds of induction	27 (79.4 %)
Induction to delivery, days	2	1–4

^a BMI: body mass index.

Table 2. Clinical, safety and neonatal outcomes.

CLINICAL AND SAFETY OUTCOMES
		N°	%
Number of cesarean deliveries		4	11.4 %
Indications for cesarean delivery	Nonreassuring fetal heart rate	1	25.0 %
	Fever during labor	1	25.0 %
	Failed obstetric vacuum cup	2	50.0 %
Safety outcomes	Uterine tachysystole^a	0	.0 %
	Vaginal bleeding^a	0	.0 %
	Rupture of membranes^a	0	.0 %
	Cervical lacerations^a	0	.0 %
Discomfort		0	–
Neonatal outcomes	pH median (range)	7.25 (7.02–7.45)	–
	Apgar, median (range)	10 (9-10)	–

^a During cervical ripening interval.