In the early 1960s, shortly after the introduction of oral contraceptives, the first case reports
appeared describing venous thrombosis and pulmonary emboli in women using this method …

Background Mechanical methods were the first methods developed to ripen the cervix and
induce labour. During recent decades they have been substituted by pharmacological …

Background: As part of the REPROSTAT2 project, this systematic review aimed to identify
factors associated with teenage pregnancy in 25 European Union countries. Methods: The …

Objective To assess incidence, case fatality rate, risk factors and substandard care in severe
maternal morbidity in the Netherlands. Design Prospective population‐based cohort study. …

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 …

Recent concern about the safety of combined oral contraceptives (OCs) with third-generation
progestagens prompted an examination of data from a population-based case-control …

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 assess incidence of uterine rupture in scarred and unscarred uteri and its maternal
and fetal complications in a nationwide design. Design Population‐based cohort study. …

Background Progesterone is essential for the maintenance of pregnancy. However, whether
progesterone supplementation in the first trimester of pregnancy would increase the rate of …

Background Induction of labour is a common obstetric procedure. Both mechanical (eg,
Foley catheters) and pharmacological methods (eg, prostaglandins) are used for induction of …