ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2016
Foley catheter induction of labor as an outpatient procedure.
Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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The trial behind it
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Induction of Labor in Women With Unfavorable Cervix: Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Outpatient to Inpatient Cervical Ripening Using Dilapan-S® (HOMECARE)
Outpatient Cervical Ripening With Foley Catheter for Induction of Labour in Low Risk Women: a Quasi-experimental Study (OFC Study)
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Optimizing outpatient cervical ripening: A mixed-methods study identifying implementation drivers during a multisite, randomized trial.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
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- Outcomes of Outpatient Versus Inpatient Induction of Labor: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2024Review
- A Foley catheter 'the jack of all trades': a literature review of its common and novel uses.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2024Review
- Offering women a choice in induction of labour: a prospective cohort study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2023Article
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- A Tribute to Nancy C. Chescheir, MD.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2021Article
- Outpatient Induction of Labor - Are Balloon Catheters an Appropriate Method?Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2021Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of our study was to introduce outpatient induction of labor by Foley catheter, and to compare outcomes and preferences between in-patients and outpatients. STUDY
designThis clinical cohort study was conducted in Helsinki University Hospital between January 2011 and January 2012. A total of 485 women scheduled for induction of labor by Foley catheter were included. The main outcome measures were cesarean delivery rate, and maternal and neonatal infectious morbidity. Maternal satisfaction of outpatients was measured after delivery.
resultsTwo hundred and four (42.1%) women were managed as outpatients and 281 (57.9%) women as in-patients. The rates of cesarean delivery, and maternal or neonatal infections did not differ between outpatients and in-patients. Of the outpatients, 85.3% were satisfied.
conclusionInduction of labor by Foley catheter appears suitable for outpatients, and resulted in no differences in cesarean delivery or infection rates compared with in-patients. Most women were satisfied with the outpatient induction.
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