This page provides information relating to The AIMS Guide to Induction of Labour including updates to the information included in the book
The SWEPIS - Swedish Post-term Induction Study was published in 2019. It was designed to look at whether induction of labour at 41 weeks improves outcomes for mothers and babies with a low risk pregnancy compared with waiting till 42 weeks and inducing labour then if it has not already started (referred to as expectant management). Please find our review of this study here
The study "Induction of labour at 39 weeks and adverse outcomes in low-risk pregnancies according to ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation, and parity: A national cohort study in England" was published in July 2023. It is an analysis using routinely collected data by researchers at St George’s, University of London and partners. You can find our review of this study here.
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SWEPIS
https://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/swepis?cubed-preview=b2e8e56a7e148d7a71f6f2b6aaa11528
Review: Induction of labour at 39 weeks and adverse outcomes in low-risk pregnancies according to ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation, and parity: A national cohort study in England
https://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/national-cohort-study-induction-39-weeks?cubed-preview=675e2452341e1a9e53453bdd591496ca