Tearing of Membranes Before Birth - a Comparison Between Two Ways of Induction of Labor Pitocin Opposite Prostaglandin

Overview

Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is a common occurrence that occurs in the incidence of 8-10% of births. Since the duration until delivery is important in avoiding the risk of complications, several studies have been performed in order to understand what is the preferred way to manage this condition of PROM in women that are not in active labor. In the largest random study that has been performed 20 years ago, there was found an advantage for labor induction with oxytocin over labor induction with Prostaglandin or waiting. However, the most important component - the BISHOP score, that affects the decision of the labor induction way, was not reported and was not taken into consideration.

Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is a common occurrence that occurs in the incidence of 8-10% of births. Since the duration until delivery is important in avoiding the risk of complications, several studies have been performed in order to understand what is the preferred way to manage this condition of PROM in women that are not in active labor. In the largest random study that has been performed 20 years ago, there was found an advantage for labor induction with oxytocin over labor induction with Prostaglandin or waiting. However, the most important component - the BISHOP score, that affects the decision of the labor induction way, was not reported and was not taken into consideration. Therefore, the aim of the study is to compare randomly the perinatal outcomes in women with PROM and low BISHOP between women who undergo labor induction with Oxytocin and women who undergo labor induction with Prostaglandin E2.