ALLMedicine™ Amniotomy Center

Jan 14th, 2021 - Oxytocin infusion prior to confirmation of delay in labor is discouraged by the World Health Organization. However, evidence from the Cochrane library seems to support early amniotomy and oxytocin to reduce the rates of cesarean sections (CS). To ...

Jan 6th, 2021 - Artificial rupture of the amniotic membranes during the labor, which is called amniotomy, is a common procedure in modern obstetric and midwifery protocols. There is no definite agreement regarding the timing of amniotomy in a delayed labor. In th...

Sep 27th, 2020 - To explore midwives' experiences and views of amniotomy. A qualitative inductive design was used. Data were collected using interviews and analysed with content analysis carried out with NVivo 12. Sixteen midwives working at delivery wards at thre...

Aug 17th, 2020 - An extensive review of new resources to support the provision of evidence-based care for women and infants. The current column includes a discussion of "spin" in scientific reporting and its effect on summaries and syntheses of the literature and ...

Apr 16th, 2020 - The aim of the study is to evaluate the association between amniotomy at various time points during labor induction and maternal and neonatal outcomes among term, nulliparous women. Secondary analysis of a randomized trial of term labor induction ...

Jan 14th, 2021 - Oxytocin infusion prior to confirmation of delay in labor is discouraged by the World Health Organization. However, evidence from the Cochrane library seems to support early amniotomy and oxytocin to reduce the rates of cesarean sections (CS). To ...

Jan 6th, 2021 - Artificial rupture of the amniotic membranes during the labor, which is called amniotomy, is a common procedure in modern obstetric and midwifery protocols. There is no definite agreement regarding the timing of amniotomy in a delayed labor. In th...

Sep 27th, 2020 - To explore midwives' experiences and views of amniotomy. A qualitative inductive design was used. Data were collected using interviews and analysed with content analysis carried out with NVivo 12. Sixteen midwives working at delivery wards at thre...

Aug 17th, 2020 - An extensive review of new resources to support the provision of evidence-based care for women and infants. The current column includes a discussion of "spin" in scientific reporting and its effect on summaries and syntheses of the literature and ...

Apr 16th, 2020 - The aim of the study is to evaluate the association between amniotomy at various time points during labor induction and maternal and neonatal outcomes among term, nulliparous women. Secondary analysis of a randomized trial of term labor induction ...

Oct 1st, 2019 - Findings. Women randomly assigned to early amniotomy had a similar risk of CD compared with controls (31.

Mar 1st, 2011 - When asked if the study was mixing cervical ripening with labor induction, Dr. Macones said, “I think the lines between ripening and induction are actually quite gray.

Feb 17th, 2011 - When asked if the study was mixing cervical ripening with labor induction, Dr. Macones said, "I think the lines between ripening and induction are actually quite gray.

Oct 17th, 2007 - Action Points Explain to interested patients that in this literature review amniotomy, also called breaking the waters, did not shorten labor or improve the mother's childbirth experience or the infant's Apgar score. Explain that these findings em...

Bronx County (NY) Supreme Court—A gravida was admitted to a hospital at 41 weeks’ gestation for delivery and was placed on an external fetal heart rate (FHR) monitor. The tracing revealed late decelerations with every contraction from 4:15 a.