Association of Oxytocin Use and Artificial Rupture of Membranes With Cesarean Delivery in France

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the decrease in the frequency of oxytocin administration and artificial rupture of membranes observed between the 2010 and 2016 French Perinatal Surveys was associated with a change in the frequency of cesarean delivery or cesarean delivery indications among women who entered labor spontaneously. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included women who participated in the 2010 and 2016 French National surveys who had...