Effects of immediate versus delayed pushing during second-stage labor on fetal well-being: A randomized clinical trial

Nursing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-157

  Simpson, Kathleen Rice ^a,c   James, Dotti C ^b  

^a ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed pushing; Fetal oxygen saturation; Second stage labor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERINEUM INJURY; RANDOMIZATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; APGAR SCORE; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; NURSING RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATION; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 20444445875     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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