Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6186071 | International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | 2015 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Obese women required a larger cumulative oxytocin dose to achieve vaginal birth during labor induction, but not during augmentation of labor. The physiology of spontaneous labor could supersede or influence the metabolic derangement facing obese patients undergoing induction of labor.
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Authors
Kristina Roloff, Sheppard Peng, Luis Sanchez-Ramos, Guillermo J. Valenzuela,