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
Discontinuation of epidural analgesia late in labour for reducing the adverse delivery outcomes associated with epidural analgesia
Automated mandatory bolus versus basal infusion for maintenance of epidural analgesia in labour
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
Trial of labour or repeated caesarean section
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
Nitric oxide donors for cervical ripening and induction of labour
Discontinuation of intravenous oxytocin in the active phase of induced labour
Induction of labour for suspected fetal macrosomia
Placental cord drainage after vaginal delivery as part of the management of the third stage of labour
Caesarean section versus vaginal delivery for preterm birth in singletons
Threatened premature labour
In-flight medical emergencies
Amniotomy for shortening spontaneous labour: Cochrane systematic review
Interventions for ketosis during labour
Intracutaneous or subcutaneous sterile water injection compared with blinded controls for pain management in labour: Cochrane systematic review
High dose versus low dose opioid epidural regimens for pain relief in labour
Timing of prophylactic uterotonics for the third stage of labour after vaginal birth: Cochrane systematic review
Overweight in pregnancy
Lower risk of cesarean delivery with induction of labor at term
Prophylactic manual rotation of the fetal head (manual rotation alone) to reduce operative delivery and complications for mother and babies
Rapid versus stepwise negative pressure application for vacuum extraction assisted vaginal delivery
Active versus expectant management in the third stage of labour: Cochrane systematic review
Prophylactic oral betamimetics for preventing preterm labour in singleton pregnancies
Caesarean section versus vaginal delivery for preventing mother to infant hepatitis C virus transmission
Pushing/bearing down methods for the second stage of labour
High‐dose versus low‐dose oxytocin infusion regimens for induction of labour at term
Elective delivery in diabetic pregnant women
Planned early delivery versus expectant management for hypertensive disorders from 34 weeks gestation to term
Hands and knees posture in late pregnancy or labour for fetal malposition (lateral or posterior)
Types of intra-muscular opioids for maternal pain relief in labour: Cochrane systematic review
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
Operative versus conservative management for 'fetal distress' in labour: Cochrane systematic review
Methods for assessing pre‐induction cervical ripening
Mifepristone for induction of labour
Combined spinal-epidural versus epidural analgesia in labour: Cochrane systematic review
Methods of term labour induction for women with a previous caesarean section
Tocolysis for preventing fetal distress in second stage of labour: Cochrane systematic review
Titrated oral misoprostol for augmenting labour to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes
Vaginal misoprostol for cervical ripening and induction of labour
Hyaluronidase for reducing perineal trauma
Chronic diseases and pregnancy
Vaginal prostaglandin (PGE2 and PGF2a) for induction of labour at term
Planned early delivery versus expectant management for monoamniotic twins
Antispasmodics for labour