Induction of labour at 41 weeks versus expectant management and induction of labour at 42 weeks (SWEdish Post-term Induction Study, SWEPIS): multicentre, open label, randomised, superiority trial

Wennerholm, Ulla‐Britt; Saltvedt, Sissel; Wessberg, Anna; Alkmark, Mårten; Bergh, Christina; Brismar Wendel, Sophia; Fadl, Helena; Jonsson, Maria; Ladfors, Lars; Sengpiel, Verena; Wesström, Jan; Wennergren, Göran; Wikström, Anna‐Karin; Elden, Helen; Stephansson, Olof; Hagberg, Henrik

doi:10.1136/bmj.l6131

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Induction of labour at 41 weeks versus expectant management and induction of labour at 42 weeks (SWEdish Post-term Induction Study, SWEPIS): multicentre, open label, randomised, superiority trial

Published in BMJ • Nov 20, 2019

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Ulla‐Britt Wennerholm

Sissel Saltvedt

Anna Wessberg

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if induction of labour at 41 weeks improves perinatal and maternal outcomes in women with a low risk pregnancy compared with expectant management and induction of labour at 42 weeks. DESIGN: Multicentre, open label, randomised controlled superiority trial. SETTING: 14 hospital...

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Medicine

Pregnancy

Apgar score

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