Management of pregnancy at and beyond 41 completed weeks of gestation in low-risk women: a secondary analysis of two WHO multi-country surveys on maternal and newborn health

• Main Authors: Kyaw Swa Mya (Author), Malinee Laopaiboon (Author), Joshua P. Vogel (Author), Jose Guilherme Cecatti (Author), João Paulo Souza (Author), Ahmet Metin Gulmezoglu (Author), Eduardo Ortiz-Panozo (Author), Suneeta Mittal (Author), Pisake Lumbiganon (Author), on behalf of the WHO multi-country survey on maternal and newborn health research network (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends induction of labour (IOL) for women who have reached 41 completed weeks of pregnancy without spontaneous onset of labour. Many women with prolonged pregnancy and/or their clinicians elect not to induce, and chose either elective caes...