Perils of the new labor management guidelines

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 420-427

  Cohen, Wayne R ^a   Friedman, Emanuel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

partogram; active phase; arrest of descent; arrest of dilatation; arrest of labor; deceleration phase; dysfunctional labor; labor curve

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CURVE FITTING; DECELERATION; DECISION MAKING; DILATATION; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HEAD FLATTENING; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR STAGE 2; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CESAREAN SECTION; LABOR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930404914     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.09.008     Document Type: Review

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