Supine position compared to other positions during the second stage of labor: A meta-analytic review

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-45

  De Jonge, A ^a   Teunissen, T A M ^a   Lagro Janssen, A L M ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth experience; Lateral birthing position; Supine; Upright

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; SUPINE POSITION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 3242878364     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820410001737423     Document Type: Review

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