Induction of labour and cervical ripening with balloon catheter
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35819
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Women and Children's Health.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1769
- Available Online
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A balloon catheter is a soft tube with a small balloon on the end. The balloon catheter helps to get your cervix ready for labour (cervical ripening). This pamphlet explains what will happen when the balloon catheter is inserted (put in), possible complications of a balloon catheter, and when you should call or return to the hospital. The French version of this pamphlet 1814, "Déclenchement artificiel du travail et maturation cervicale au moyen d’un cathéter à ballonnet", is also available.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Women and Children's Health
- Alternate Title
- Induction of labor and cervical ripening with balloon catheter
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([2] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Labor, Induced
- Cervical Ripening
- Catheters
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Labor (Obstetrics)
- Catheters
- Specialty
- Gynecology
- Abstract
- A balloon catheter is a soft tube with a small balloon on the end. The balloon catheter helps to get your cervix ready for labour (cervical ripening). This pamphlet explains what will happen when the balloon catheter is inserted (put in), possible complications of a balloon catheter, and when you should call or return to the hospital. The French version of this pamphlet 1814, "Déclenchement artificiel du travail et maturation cervicale au moyen d’un cathéter à ballonnet", is also available.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Women and Children's Health Unit
- Pamphlet Number
- 1769
