Table 1.
The old intravenous low-dose oxytocin infusion protocol.
Table 2.
The new intravenous high-dose oxytocin infusion protocol.
Fig 1.
Flowchart of the study population.
Table 3.
Characteristics of the study population.
Fig 2.
Duration of oxytocin induction in the old and new protocols.
Fig 3.
The rates of vaginal delivery, cesarean delivery, and maternal and neonatal infections during the old and new oxytocin protocols.
Table 4.
Delivery outcomes.
Fig 4.
The rates of labor induction and emergency cesarean delivery in induced labor in Helsinki University Hospital 2009–2019.
The rate of labor induction in Helsinki University hospital has steadily increased over the last decade. The rate of emergency cesarean delivery has decreased from 22.1% in 2016 to 18.3% in 2019 since the implementation of the new oxytocin protocol in January 2017 [12].