According to the Bishop scoring system (use the above table), labor induction is unlikely to be successful in a woman whose cervix is of medium consistency, 20% effaced, midline position, and 2 cm dilated, with the fetus in vertex presentation at -3 station, unless she undergoes cervical ripening .

Oxytocin dosage should be expressed in milliunits (mU) per minute delivered intravenously

Although induction of labor is done to produce the artificial onset of labor, the contraction pattern achieved should resem­ ble one that occurs with the spontaneous onset of labor.

For most patients, isotonic solutions are preferable to hyper­ tonic solutions, when oxytocin is administered intravenously.

Six or more contractions within 10 minutes represents normal labor.

Induction of labor is usually appropriate in all of the following situations, except when

Possible complications of oxytocin infusion include all of the following, except

Which of the following conditions should be ruled out before oxytocin is adminis­ tered for induction of labor?

Which of the following actions should you take first when uterine tachysystole occurs?

When oxytocin is administered for the induction of labor, the rate of infusion should be gradually but steadily increased until

Which of the following risks is associated with prostaglandin cervical ripening medications?

Maternal hyponatremia may be accompanied by mental confu­sion and seizures

It is reasonable to administer oxytocin augmentation of labor for 18 to 20 hours if it is needed to achieve a normal contraction pattern.

Labor induction with oxytocin infusion should proceed simulta­ neously with local application of a prostaglandin preparation to ripen the cervix.