Just Pop It: Early AROM After Cervical Ripening Reduces the Time to Delivery.

Macky, Paige K; Samar, Haroon; Conner, Stephen J; Urick, Ashley L; Yeager, Catherine A; Tiel, Derrick J; Earwood, J Scott; Marshall, Bob · J Am Board Fam Med · 2024

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Abstract

In pregnant patients at term undergoing induction of labor, early time-based artificial rupture of membranes (AROM) within 1 hour of Foley bulb expulsion results in a shorter duration of labor by nearly 9 hours with no significant difference in cesarean delivery rates or maternal or neonatal adverse outcomes.<sup>1</sup>.

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