A review of evidence-based practices for management of the second stage of labor

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 264-276

  Kopas, Mary Lou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Childbirth; Review; Second stage labor

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BIRTHING POSITION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DELAYED PUSHING; DIRECTED PUSHING; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR ONSET; LABOR STAGE; LABOR STAGE 2; LABOR SUPPORT; MALPRESENTATION; MASSAGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NULLIPARA; OCCIPUT POSTERIOR FETUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERINEUM INJURY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED SECOND STAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATION; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SPONTANEOUS PUSHING; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; BODY POSTURE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; LABOR; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PERINEUM; POSTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84901234060     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12199     Document Type: Article

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