Second-stage labor: How long is too long?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 484-489

  Leveno, Kenneth J ^a   Nelson, David B ^a   McIntire, Donald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cesarean delivery; epidural analgesia; infant outcome; prolonged; second stage of labor; second stage labor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR STAGE 2; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRICS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; TIME FACTOR;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; OBSTETRICS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84962082218     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.10.926     Document Type: Article

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