Comparison of active and expectant management on the duration of the third stage of labour and the amount of blood loss during the third and fourth stages of labour: a randomised controlled trial

Midwifery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-245

  Kashanian, Maryam ^a   Fekrat, Mohsen ^a   Masoomi, Zahra ^a   Sheikh Ansari, Narges ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Nokhbegan Art School   (Iran)

Author keywords

Active management; Expectant management; Fourth stage of labour; Oxytocin; Physiological management; Placental expulsion; Postpartum haemorrhage; Third stage of labour

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR STAGE 3; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETAINED PLACENTA; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OXYTOCICS; PERINATAL CARE; PLACENTA, RETAINED; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949266094     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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