Algorithm Analysis IDs Labor Complications.

• Position: EXPECTANT MOTHERS

Using artificial intelligence (Al) algorithms to analyze patterns of changes in women who are in labor can help identify whether a successful vaginal delivery will occur with good outcomes for mother and child, according to researchers from the Mayo Clinic.

'This is the first step to using algorithms in providing powerful guidance to physicians and midwives as they make critical decisions during the labor process," says senior author Abimbola Famuyide, OB-GYN. 'Once validated with further research, we believe the algorithm will work in real-time, meaning every input of new data during an expectant woman's labor automatically recalculates the risk of adverse outcome. This may help reduce the rate of cesarean delivery and maternal and neonatal complications."

The risk-prediction model consists of data known at the time of admission in labor, including patient baseline characteristics, the patient's most recent clinical assessment, as well as cumulative labor progress from admission. The researchers explain that the...