Background Robust evidence to direct management of pregnant women with mild hypertensive
disease at term is scarce. We investigated whether induction of labour in women with a …

Objective To compare the effect of induction of labour with a policy of expectant monitoring
for intrauterine growth restriction near term. Design Multicentre randomised equivalence trial (…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence, indication, association with caesarean section (CS)
and outcome of emergency peripartum hysterectomy (EPH) in The Netherlands. STUDY …

Objective To compare incidences of perinatal mortality and severe perinatal morbidity
between low risk term pregnancies supervised in primary care by a midwife and high risk …

Health care provision is increasingly focused on the prediction of patients’ individual risk for
developing a particular health outcome in planning further tests and treatments. There has …

Background At present, there is insufficient evidence to guide appropriate management of
women with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM) near term. We conducted an …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effectiveness of intrapartum fetal monitoring by cardiotocography
plus ST analysis using a strict protocol for performance of fetal blood sampling. METHODS…

OBJECTIVE: The evidence for the management of near term prelabor rupture of membranes
is poor. From January 2007 until September 2009, we performed the PPROM Expectant …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the performance of combining cervical length measurement with
fetal fibronectin testing in predicting delivery in women with symptoms of preterm labor. …

OBJECTIVE: To determine mode of delivery and occurrence of uterine rupture in women
with a previous caesarean section (CS) in the Netherlands. MATERIALS AND METHODS: …