A prospective randomised trial on the effect of position in the passive second stage of labour on birth outcome in nulliparous women using epidural analgesia

Midwifery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-168

  Downe, Soo ^a   Gerrett, David ^b   Renfrew, Mary J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BODY POSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RISK; SITTING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUTURE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 2642569194     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-6138(03)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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