Cervical Ripening
"Cervical Ripening" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A change in the CERVIX UTERI with respect to its readiness to relax. The cervix normally becomes softer, more flexible, more distensible, and shorter in the final weeks of PREGNANCY. These cervical changes can also be chemically induced (LABOR, INDUCED).
| Descriptor ID |
D020070
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.785.760.769.326.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Cervical Ripening- Cervical Ripening
- Cervical Ripenings
- Ripening, Cervical
- Ripenings, Cervical
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cervical Ripening" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Cervical Ripening" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cervical Ripening" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Bofill JA, Darby MM, Castillo J, Sawardecker SU, Magann EF, Morrison JC. Tachysystole Following Cervical Ripening and Induction of Labor Is Not Associated with Adverse Outcomes. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2017; 82(5):487-493.
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Al-Fozan H, Firwana B, Al Kadri H, Hassan S, Tulandi T. Preoperative ripening of the cervix before operative hysteroscopy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Apr 23; (4):CD005998.