A meta-analysis of passive descent versus immediate pushing in nulliparous women with epidural analgesia in the second stage of labor

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-12

  Brancato, Robyn M ^a,b   Church, Sara ^a   Stone, Patricia W ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Downrest and descend; Management; Passive descent laboring; Physiologic second stage; Second stage

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649123363     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2007.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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