Search for: [Abstract = "The age of the woman giving birth has recently become a new indication for induction of labor, due to the increasing number of matema\! and fetal complications, including the intrauterine foetal death, of which the risk increases with the age of the pregnant woman and the duration of pregnancy. The reasons for the observed dependencies are still unknown. Some researchers believe that in the group of 40\-year\-old women, the 39th week of pregnancy can be considered as a biologically mature pregnancy and labor induction should be considered in order to end the pregnancy4. Developing the safest and most beneficial method of labor induction in patients of advanced age defined as 35 years of age and more is an extremely important and still open task. Too little research has been done on induction of labor in this age group of patients, which is associated with many unknowns regarding both the choice of the best procedure and the timing of its implementation. Objectives The goal of the presented dissertation is determining whether one of the two prostaglandins, dinoprostone or misoprostol, outweighs the other in terms of efficacy and safety, used as a method of induction of labor in women of advanced age defined as 35 years of age and older. Detailed objectives\: \- evaluation of the effects and comparison of two methods of pharmacological pre\-induction of labor \( dinoprostone"]
