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A strategy of routine induction at or just after 41 weeks for uncomplicated pregnancies reduces cesarean sections without improving or adversely affecting neonatal outcomes. Family physicians should provide this information to their patients and continue to look for studies that provide clinical detail and directly compare the strategy of routine induction after 41 weeks with expectant management and induction after 42 weeks.

 
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Sanchez-Ramos L, Olivier F, Delke I, Kaunitz AM. Labor induction versus expectant management for postterm pregnancies: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Obstet Gynecol 2003; 101:1312–1318.

Samina Yunus, MD
Warren Newton, MD, MPH
Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. E-mail: Warren_Newton@med.unc.edu.

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Samina Yunus, MD
Warren Newton, MD, MPH
Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. E-mail: Warren_Newton@med.unc.edu.

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Samina Yunus, MD
Warren Newton, MD, MPH
Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. E-mail: Warren_Newton@med.unc.edu.

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PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS

A strategy of routine induction at or just after 41 weeks for uncomplicated pregnancies reduces cesarean sections without improving or adversely affecting neonatal outcomes. Family physicians should provide this information to their patients and continue to look for studies that provide clinical detail and directly compare the strategy of routine induction after 41 weeks with expectant management and induction after 42 weeks.

 
PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS

A strategy of routine induction at or just after 41 weeks for uncomplicated pregnancies reduces cesarean sections without improving or adversely affecting neonatal outcomes. Family physicians should provide this information to their patients and continue to look for studies that provide clinical detail and directly compare the strategy of routine induction after 41 weeks with expectant management and induction after 42 weeks.

 
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