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
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
- 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
- Prophylactic ergometrine‐oxytocin versus oxytocin for the third stage of labour
- Trial of labour or repeated caesarean section
- Piracetam for fetal distress in labour
- Operative versus conservative management for 'fetal distress' in labour
- Threatened premature labour
- Discontinuation of intravenous oxytocin in the active phase of induced labour
- Nitric oxide donors for cervical ripening and induction of labour
- Induction of labour for suspected fetal macrosomia
- Caesarean section versus vaginal delivery for preterm birth in singletons
- 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
- Rapid versus stepwise negative pressure application for vacuum extraction assisted vaginal delivery
- Interventions for preventing or improving the outcome of delivery at or beyond term
- High dose versus low dose opioid epidural regimens for pain relief in labour
- 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
- Timing of prophylactic uterotonics for the third stage of labour after vaginal birth
- Prophylactic oral betamimetics for preventing preterm labour in singleton pregnancies
- Active versus expectant management in the third stage of labour: Cochrane systematic review
- Caesarean section versus vaginal delivery for preventing mother to infant hepatitis C virus transmission
- 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
- Pushing/bearing down methods for the second stage of labour
- 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)
- Enemas during labour
- Vaginal prostaglandin (PGE2 and PGF2a) for induction of labour at term: Cochrane systematic review
- Oestrogens alone or with amniotomy for cervical ripening or induction of labour
- Mifepristone for induction of labour
- Combined spinal‐epidural versus epidural analgesia in labour
- Methods for assessing pre‐induction cervical ripening
- Tocolysis for preventing fetal distress in second stage of labour: Cochrane systematic review
- Methods of term labour induction for women with a previous caesarean section
- Titrated oral misoprostol for augmenting labour to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes
- Vaginal prostaglandin (PGE2 and PGF2a) for induction of labour at term
- Vaginal misoprostol for cervical ripening and induction of labour
- NICE guideline: Midwife preferred for low-risk pregnant women, including at-home for some