IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 50 / Issue 8 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog5008177
Open Access Original Research
The Effect of Induction of Labor on Second Stage Duration in Nulliparous Women, before and after the ACOG and SMFM Change in Guidelines
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1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, 3463626 Haifa, Israel
2 Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 3200003 Haifa, Israel
3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T5, Canada
4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Health Care Campus, 3109601 Haifa, Israel
*Correspondence: michael.dahan@mcgill.ca (Michael H. Dahan)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2023, 50(8), 177; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog5008177
Submitted: 26 December 2022 | Revised: 7 March 2023 | Accepted: 13 March 2023 | Published: 24 August 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: To examine the effect of induction of labor (IOL) on the length of second stage of labor in nulliparous, compared to spontaneous labor while considering the change in the Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (ACOG & SMFM) guidelines. Methods: A retrospective study of nulliparous women who delivered vaginally at a single center (2011–2017). Second stage duration was compared between women with IOL to those who went into spontaneous labor, in the pre and post-guideline periods. Results: The study included 5222 nulliparous women. Women who had an IOL had more epidural analgesia and prolonged second stage of labor than those who went into spontaneous labor (95.2% vs. 71.9%, p < 0.0001 and 6.1% vs. 1%, p < 0.0001, respectively). Second-stage was longer in the IOL group, in pre-guidelines (mean duration 69 min vs. 151 min, p < 0.001), and in the post-guidelines period (mean duration 69 min vs. 146 min, p < 0.001), even after controlling for epidural analgesia. Conclusions: In one academic center the second-stage duration in nulliparous women who go through IOL, is longer than women who go into labor spontaneously in both the time frame before and after national changes in the definition of the second stage duration.

Keywords
induction
second stage
nulliparous
cesarean delivery
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