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ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences2025

Labor Induction versus Expectant Management: Evaluating Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Low-Risk Nulliparous Women.

Divya Raghavendra Rao, G D Abilashini, Vijayalakshmi Gnanasekaran

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Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Divya Raghavendra RaoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ACS Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
G D AbilashiniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ACS Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Vijayalakshmi GnanasekaranDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ACS Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to compare the maternal and neonatal outcomes of elective labor induction at 39 weeks with expectant management in low-risk nulliparous women. Materials and Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted at ACS Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, over 6 months. A total of 100 low-risk nulliparous women with singleton pregnancies between 38 weeks 0 days and 38 weeks 6 days of gestation were randomized into two groups: labor induction ( Results: The labor induction group had a shorter labor duration (7.5 ± 2.3 vs. 9.2 ± 2.7 h; Conclusion: Labor induction at 39 weeks in low-risk nulliparous women shortens labor duration without increasing cesarean delivery rates, maternal complications, or adverse neonatal outcomes. These findings support the safety of elective labor induction in this population.

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Cesarean deliveryelective inductionexpectant managementlabor inductionmaternal outcomesneonatal outcomesnulliparous women

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