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Active management of labor as an alternative to cesarean section for dystocia.
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At the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin, one of the largest obstetric units in Western Europe, this situation has been averted through a coordinated policy of early detection and effective treatment of abnormal uterine action over a period of 15 years.About:
This article is published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.The article was published on 1984-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 312 citations till now.read more
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Classification of caesarean sections
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Classifications for Cesarean Section: A Systematic Review
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TL;DR: Results suggest that women-based classifications in general, and Robson's classification, in particular, would be in the best position to fulfill current international and local needs and that efforts to develop an internationally applicable CS classification would be most appropriately placed in building upon this classification.
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Dead mothers and injured wives: the social context of maternal morbidity and mortality among the Hausa of northern Nigeria
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Outcomes of care in birth centers. The National Birth Center Study.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied 11,814 women admitted for labor and delivery to 84 free-standing birth centers in the United States and followed their course and that of their infants through delivery or transfer to a hospital and for at least four weeks thereafter.
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A controlled trial of a program for the active management of labor
TL;DR: The program studied for the active management of labor reduces the incidence of dystocia and increases the rate of vaginal delivery without increasing maternal or neonatal morbidity.