The effect of uterine fundal pressure on the duration of the second stage of labor: A randomized controlled trial

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 320-324

  Api, Olus ^a   Emeksiz Balcin, Muge ^a   Ugurel, Vedat ^a   Api, Murat ^a,b   Turan, Cem ^a   Unal, Orhan ^a  

^a Dr Lutfi Kirdar Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Kristeller maneuver; Neonatal outcome; Second stage of labor; Umbilical cord blood gas analysis; Uterine fundal pressure

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

ADULT; ALKALOSIS; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR STAGE 2; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UTERINE FUNDAL PRESSURE; UTERINE FUNDUS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; OXYGEN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 60849083252     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340902730326     Document Type: Article

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