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

Paige K. Macky, Haroon Samar, Stephen J. Conner, Ashley L. Urick, Catherine A. Yeager, Derrick J. Tiel, J. Scott Earwood, Bob Marshall

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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.1

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)147-149
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Volume37
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2024

Keywords

  • Amniotomy
  • AROM
  • Cervical Ripening
  • Cesarean
  • Early Rupture of Membranes
  • Induced
  • Induction
  • Labor
  • Pregnancy
  • Singleton
  • Third Trimester

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Family Practice

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