Reassessing the Bishop score in clinical practice for induction of labor leading to vaginal delivery and for evaluation of cervix ripening

Authors

  • Kfier Kuba Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Northwell Health - Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park 11040, NY, USA
  • Michael A. Kirby Departments of Pathology and Human Anatomy, and Pediatrics, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda 92350, CA, USA
  • Francine Hughes Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx 10461, NY, USA
  • Steven M. Yellon Longo Center for Perinatal Biology, Departments of Basic Sciences (Division of Physiology), Pediatrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda 92350, CA, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54844/prm.2023.0353

Author Biographies

Kfier Kuba, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Northwell Health - Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park 11040, NY, USA

 

 

Michael A. Kirby, Departments of Pathology and Human Anatomy, and Pediatrics, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda 92350, CA, USA

deceased

 

Francine Hughes, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx 10461, NY, USA

 

 

 

Steven M. Yellon, Longo Center for Perinatal Biology, Departments of Basic Sciences (Division of Physiology), Pediatrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda 92350, CA, USA

 

 

 

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