Comparison between the Cook balloon catheter and oxytocin in labor induction at term
SU Ling-chun
YU Lin
Abstract：Objective To observe the effectiveness and safety of the Cook balloon catheter versus oxytocin in labor induction at term .Methods Sixty pregnant women at term hospitalised in obstetric department of our hospital were randomly divided into 2 groups:the Cook balloon catheter group(30 cases) and oxytocin group(30 cases).The improvement of cervical conditions was compared before and after the application .The labor time ,fetus delivery meth-od and time,conditions of maternal and newborn health were compared between two groups .Results The cervical Bishop score was significantly higher after applying the Cook balloon catheter ( P<0.05 ) .Compared with the oxyto-cin group, the time from application to labor and the time from labor to delivery in the Cook group were shorter (P<0.01), the natural childbirth rate was higher in Cook group ,and the differences were significant (P<0.05).Con-clusion Application of the Cook balloon catheter is effective and safe in labor induction at term .
Keywords：Cook balloon catheterOxytocinLabor induction at term
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 618-621 )