Assessment and optimization of uterine activity during labor

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-49

  Simpson, Kathleen R ^a   Miller, Lisa ^b  

^a ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Perinatal Risk Management and Education Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Normal labor; Risk management; Standardization; Tachysystole; Uterine activity

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTOCIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETUS OXYGENATION; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MALPRACTICE; MATERNAL REPOSITIONING; MEDICAL LIABILITY; OXYGENATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TACHYSYSTOLE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS DISEASE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LIABILITY, LEGAL; PREGNANCY; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 79951659662     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31820a06aa     Document Type: Article

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