Labour and delivery
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1 - 100Labour 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
Oxytocin augmentation of labour in women with epidural analgesia for reducing operative deliveries
Discontinuation of epidural analgesia late in labour for reducing the adverse delivery outcomes associated with epidural analgesia
Placental cord drainage after vaginal delivery as part of the management of the third stage of labour
Elective delivery in diabetic pregnant women
Oxytocin versus no treatment or delayed treatment for slow progress in the first stage of spontaneous labour: Cochrane systematic review
Fundal pressure versus controlled cord traction as part of the active management of the third stage of labour
Automated mandatory bolus versus basal infusion for maintenance of epidural analgesia in labour
Interventions for preventing or improving the outcome of delivery at or beyond term: Cochrane systematic review
Prophylactic ergometrine‐oxytocin versus oxytocin for the third stage of labour
Piracetam for fetal distress in labour
Operative versus conservative management for 'fetal distress' in labour: Cochrane systematic review
Discontinuation of intravenous oxytocin in the active phase of induced labour
Nitric oxide donors for cervical ripening and induction of labour
Caesarean section versus vaginal delivery for preterm birth in singletons
Threatened premature labour
Trial of labour or repeated caesarean section
Amniotomy for shortening spontaneous labour: Cochrane systematic review
Timing of prophylactic uterotonics for the third stage of labour after vaginal birth: Cochrane systematic review
Hands and knees posture in late pregnancy or labour for fetal malposition (lateral or posterior)
Induction of labour for suspected fetal macrosomia
Interventions for ketosis during labour
In-flight medical emergencies
Rapid versus stepwise negative pressure application for vacuum extraction assisted vaginal delivery
Prophylactic manual rotation of the fetal head (manual rotation alone) to reduce operative delivery and complications for mother and babies
Prophylactic oral betamimetics for preventing preterm labour in singleton pregnancies
High dose versus low dose opioid epidural regimens for pain relief in labour
Techniques for assisting difficult delivery at caesarean section
Pushing/bearing down methods for the second stage of labour
Intracutaneous or subcutaneous sterile water injection compared with blinded controls for pain management in labour: Cochrane systematic review
Lower risk of cesarean delivery with induction of labor at term
Overweight in pregnancy
Progestational agents for treating threatened or established preterm labour
Caesarean section versus vaginal delivery for preventing mother to infant hepatitis C virus transmission
Active versus expectant management in the third stage of labour: Cochrane systematic review
High‐dose versus low‐dose oxytocin infusion regimens for induction of labour at term
Interventions for improving the outcome of delivery at or beyond term
Vaginal prostaglandin (PGE2 and PGF2a) for induction of labour at term: Cochrane systematic review
Enemas during labour
Oestrogens alone or with amniotomy for cervical ripening or induction of labour
Induction for LGA fetuses -- fewer dystocias, more vaginal deliveries
Planned early delivery versus expectant management for hypertensive disorders from 34 weeks gestation to term
Types of intra-muscular opioids for maternal pain relief in labour: Cochrane systematic review
Methods for assessing pre‐induction cervical ripening
Combined spinal-epidural versus epidural analgesia in labour: Cochrane systematic review
Internal versus external tocodynamometry during induced or augmented labour
Amniotomy plus intravenous oxytocin for induction of labour