Prolonged pregnancy: The management debate

Abstract

The supplementary analysis shows more clearly that routine induction of labour at 42 completed weeks of gestation significantly increased both the need for caesarean section for fetal distress (6% v 2%; 95% confidence interval 0% to 9%) and the overall need for operative delivery for fetal distress (14% v 7%; 95% confidence interval 0% to 14%) with no effect on short term measures of neonatal outcome.