National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network

Publications & Presentations
Post Term Trial

Publications

1. NICHD MFMU Network. A clinical trial of induction versus expectant management in postterm pregnancy. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 170: 716-723, 1994.



2. Gardner M, Rouse D, Goldenberg R, Lanning J, Zachary J, Thom E and the NICHD MFMU Network. Cost comparison of induction of labor versus expectant management in pregnancies lasting longer than 41 weeks. American Journal of Managed Care, 2: 814-818, 1996.

Presentations

1. Medearis AL. Postterm pregnancy: Active labor induction (PGE2gel)not associated with improved outcomes compared to expectant management: A preliminary report. Presented at the 10th annual meeting for the Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, Washington D.C., January, 1990.



2. Gardner M, Rouse D, Goldenberg R, Lanning J, Thom E, Zachary J and the NICHD MFMU Network. Cost comparison of induction of labor at 41 weeks versus expectant management in the post-term pregnancy. Presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, Kamuela, HI, February, 1996.