An evidence-based approach to the management of abnormal labour

Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 277-284

  Duncan, Tim ^a   McEwan, Alec ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Epidural; Labour; Latent phase; Primary dysfunctional labour; Pyrexia; Secondary arrest

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; PENICILLIN G; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSTOCIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARILY DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 3042715832     PISSN: 09575847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.curobgyn.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Arulkumaran S, Koh CH, Ingemarsson I, Ratnam SS. Augmentation of labour—mode of delivery related to cervimetric progress. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1987; 27 (4): 304–8.
2. Cardozo L, Pearce JM. Oxytocin in active-phase abnormalities of labor: a randomized study. Obstet Gynaecol 1990; 75 (2):152–7.
3. Comparative Obstetric Mobile Epidural Trial (COMET) Study Group UK. Effect of low-dose mobile versus traditional epidural techniques on mode of delivery: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2001; 358 :19–23.
4. Frigoletto JR, et al. A clinical trial of active management of labour. N Engl J Med 1995; 333 :745–50.
5. Galtier-Dereure F et al. Obesity and pregnancy: complications and cost. Am J Clin Nutr 2000; 71S :1242S–7S.
6. Gibbs RS, Dinsmoor MJ, Newton ER, Ramamurthy RS. A randomised trial of Intrapartum versus immediate postpartum treatment of women with intra-amniotic infection. Obstet Gynaecol 1998; 72 (6):823–8.
7. Gonen R, Kovobodika R, Degani S, Gaitini L. Association between epidural analgesia and intrapartum fever. Am J Perinatol 2000; 17 (3):127–30.
8. Impey L, Greenwood C, MacQuillan K, Reynolds M, Sheil O. Fever in labour and neonatal encephalopathy: a prospective cohort study. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 2001; 108 (6):594–7.
9. Maresh M, Choong KH, Beard RW. Delayed pushing with lumbar analgesia in labour. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1983; 90 :623–7.
10. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Scientific Advisory Committee Opinion Paper 3. Intrauterine infection and perinatal brain injury, November 2002.
11. Russell R. The effects of regional analgesia on the progress of labour, delivery (editorial). Br J Anaesth 2000; 84 :709–12.
12. Saunders NJG, Spiby H, Gilbert L, Fraser RB, Hall JM, Mutton PM, Jackson A, Edmonds DK. Oxytocin infusion during second stage of labour in primiparous women using epidural analgesia: a randomised double blind placebo controlled trial. Br Med J 1989; 299 :1423–6.
13. Thornton JG. Active management of labour does not reduce the rate of Caesarean section. Br Med J 1996; 313 :378.
14. Thorpe JA, et al. The effect of intrapartum epidural analgesia on nulliparous labour: A randomised, controlled, prospective trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1993; 169 :851–8.
15. Yancey MF, Zhang J, Schwarz J, Dietrich CS, Klebanoff M. Labour epidural analgesia and intrapartum maternal hyperthermia. Obstet Gynaecol 2001; 98 (5 Part 1):763–70.