News flash
Records of 3 million Canadian hospital births between 1991 and 2002 were reviewed to assess whether a connection exists between medical induction of labor and incidence of amniotic-fluid embolism (AFE). Researchers found that AFE occurred nearly twice as often in women who had medical induction of labor than in women who did not. Fatal cases occurred 3.5 times more often. AFE, which is considered a rare and sometimes fatal maternal complication of delivery, is an obstetric emergency in which amniotic fluid, fetal cells, hair, or other debris enter the maternal circulation, causing cardiorespiratory collapse. The population-based study was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health. — The Lancet, October 21, 2006
Do they think that is because of the drugs used to induce labour, or is it associated with the kinds of deliveries that require inducing?
Comment by Kristen — December 18, 2006 @ 4:58 pm