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Abnormal labour.
- Source :
- Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Reproductive Medicine; May2019, Vol. 29 Issue 5, p129-135, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Abstract The term abnormal labour, or labour dystocia, refers to a situation when there is slow or no progress in labour. Abnormal labour is associated with an increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes for both mother and baby which include bleeding, sepsis, operative vaginal and abdominal delivery, as well as newborn admission to the neonatal unit. To understand what an abnormal labour is, it is important that the reader understands what is meant by normal labour first. This will help to understand how normal labour can incrementally drift into the sphere of "abnormal or dysfunctional labour". The article will also address how to manage abnormal labour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LABOR complications (Obstetrics) -- Risk factors
FETAL growth retardation
HEMORRHAGE
HOSPITAL admission & discharge
LABOR (Obstetrics)
INDUCED labor (Obstetrics)
MATERNAL health services
NEONATAL intensive care
OBSTETRICS surgery
PATIENTS
PREGNANCY complications
PUERPERAL disorders
SEPSIS
NEONATAL intensive care units
DYSTOCIA
DISEASE complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17517214
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Reproductive Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 135928662
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogrm.2019.02.006