Labour and delivery
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Labour and delivery - Signs of impending labour
- Stages of labour
- Management of delivery when the mother has a blood-borne infection
- Pain management during labour and delivery
- Early postpartum discharge
- Out-of-hospital delivery
- Preterm labour and delivery
- Umbilical cord blood sampling
- Vitamin K
- References
- Types of delivery
- Induction of labour
- Foetal monitoring during hospital birth
- Vacuum extraction
- Caesarean section
- Breech delivery
- Shoulder dystocia
- Twin delivery
- Threatened premature labour
- In-flight medical emergencies
- Trial of labour or repeated caesarean section
- Induction of labour for suspected fetal macrosomia
- Overweight in pregnancy
- Interventions for improving the outcome of delivery at or beyond term
- Amniotomy plus intravenous oxytocin for induction of labour
- Chronic diseases and pregnancy
- Mifepristone for induction of labour
- Vaginal prostaglandin (PGE2 and PGF2a) for induction of labour at term
- Active management in labour for reducing caesarean section rates in low-risk women
- Intravenous oxytocin alone for cervical ripening and induction of labour
- Prevention of bacterial endocarditis
- Amniotomy for induction of labour
- Immersion in water during first stage of labour
- Fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) for fetal monitoring during labour
- Foley catheter for induction of labour at term
- Antenatal clinics: care and examinations
- Partogram use on outcomes for women in spontaneous labour at term
- Epidural and combined spinal epidural analgesia for pain relief in labour
- Local anaesthetic nerve block for pain management in labour
- Restricting oral fluid and food intake during labour
- Breast stimulation for cervical ripening and induction of labour
- Antenatal clinics and specialist care: consultations, referrals, treatment guidelines
- Prophylactic oxytocin to prevent postpartum haemorrhage
- Woman's position during second stage of labour
- Routine ultrasound in late pregnancy (after 24 weeks gestation)
- Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
- Hospitalization and bed rest for multiple pregnancy
- Oral misoprostol for induction of labour
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Intrapartum foetal scalp lactate sampling for foetal assessment in the presence of a non-reassuring foetal heart rate trace
- External cephalic version for breech presentation before term
- Maternal obesity and infant outcomes
- External cephalic version for breech presentation at term
- Insulin versus oral anti-diabetic pharmacological therapies for gestational diabetes
- Doppler ultrasound for foetal assessment in high risk pregnancies
- Metformin for gestational diabetes
- Treatments for gestational diabetes
- Physical examination of the newborn