Randomised trial comparing the upright and supine positions for the second stage of labour

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 567-571

  de Jong, P R ^a   Johanson, R B ^c   Baxen, P ^b   Adrians, V D ^b   Van der Westhuisen, S ^a   Jones, P W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b St Monica s Nursing Home   (South Africa)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECUMBENCY; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0030910428     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11534.x     Document Type: Article

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