The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of single balloon foley catheters to dinoprostone for the induction of labour of obese women. The investigators suspect that women assigned to the foley group will have a shorter induction to delivery time than women in the dinoprostone group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
41
Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Time(hours) from initiation of induction of labour to vaginal delivery
Time frame: Will be assessed at the end of each vaginal delivery
Number of vaginal deliveries within 24 hours in each group
Time frame: 2 years
Number of cesarean sections in each group
Time frame: 2 years
Number of operative vaginal deliveries in each group
Time frame: 2 years
Number of chorioamnionitis cases in each group
Time frame: 2 years
Number of patients that required oxytocin administration in each group
Time frame: 2 years
Number of patients that required an epidural in each group
Time frame: 2 years
Number of babies that required neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission in each group
Time frame: 2 years
Number of babies that had an arterial pH <7 in each group
Time frame: 2 years
Number of babies that had an APGAR score <7 at 5 minutes
Time frame: 2 years
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