Delayed VERSUS immediate pushing in second stage of labor

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-88

  Kelly, Mary ^a   Johnson, Eileen ^a   Lee, Vickie ^a   Massey, Liz ^a   Purser, Debbie ^a   Ring, Karen ^a   Sanderson, Stephanye ^a   Styles, Juanita ^a   Wood, Deb ^a  

^a Rex Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Active pushing; Delayed pushing, Pushing time, Second stage of labor; Laboring down; Passive descent; Randomized clinical trial; RCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 2; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NURSING; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; UTERINE CONTRACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949377184     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e3181cae7ad     Document Type: Article

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