Labor, Obstetric
Research News and Information

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Experience of water birth delivery in Iran.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Having considered the physiologic challenges during pregnancy, scientists have searched for different delivery methods with minimal medical intervention. The use of water immersion by women for relaxing during labor is being used ... Read more...

Systematic review: elective induction of labor versus expectant management of pregnancy.

16 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The rates of induction of labor and elective induction of labor are increasing. Whether elective induction of labor improves outcomes or simply leads to greater complications and health care costs is commonly debated in the literature. ... Read more...

Rates of and factors associated with delivery-related perinatal death among term infants in Scotland.

10 Aug 2009 CONTEXT: Rates of obstetric intervention in labor, including cesarean delivery, have increased significantly in most developed countries. It is, however, unclear if this has been paralleled by decreased rates of perinatal and neonatal death ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Labor, Obstetric'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Water intoxication following labour and surgery: blaming oxytocin--the easy way out? 29 Sep 2009
• Is there evidence for improved maternal satisfaction with patient-controlled epidural anesthesia? 29 Sep 2009
• Group issues revised guideline for fetal heart rate monitoring during labor. 31 Aug 2009
• Experience of water birth delivery in Iran. 30 Aug 2009
• The ''toll'' of labor. 30 Aug 2009
• ACOG Committee Opinion No. 441: Oral intake during labor. 30 Aug 2009
• Elective induction of labor: waking the sleeping dogma? 16 Aug 2009
• Systematic review: elective induction of labor versus expectant management of pregnancy. 16 Aug 2009
• Rates of and factors associated with delivery-related perinatal death among term infants in Scotland. 10 Aug 2009
• Relations between fetal head descent and cervical dilatation during individual uterine contractions in the active stage of labor. 30 Jul 2009
• Referrals during labor in midwifery care. 30 Jul 2009
• Postpartum vertigo and superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome. 30 Jul 2009
• First-trimester maternal serum screening and the risk for fetal distress during labor. 30 Jul 2009
• The effect of heart rate variability on request for labour epidural analgesia. 30 Jul 2009
• Intrapartum antibiotics for known maternal Group B streptococcal colonization. 6 Jul 2009
• Hands-and-knees positioning during labor with epidural analgesia. 29 Jun 2009
• [Polish Gynecologic Society guidelines on perinatal care and delivery management] 29 Jun 2009
• [Obstetric outcomes in oxytocin-related and spontaneous deliveries--analysis of 2198 cases] 29 Jun 2009
• Jewish laws, customs, and practice in labor, delivery, and postpartum care. 29 Jun 2009
• Success of spinal and epidural labor analgesia: comparison of loss of resistance technique using air versus saline in combined spinal-epidural labor analgesia technique. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Labor, Obstetric'

Definition: The repetitive uterine contraction during childbirth which is associated with the progressive dilation of the uterine cervix (CERVIX UTERI). Successful labor results in the expulsion of the FETUS and PLACENTA. Obstetric labor can be spontaneous or induced (LABOR, INDUCED).

Descriptor UI: D007743

Alternative terms: Labor, Obstetric; Obstetric Labor;

Related Mesh Headings: Fetal Monitoring; Natural Childbirth; Oxytocics; Trial of Labor;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; drug effects; ethnology; genetics; immunology; metabolism; physiology; psychology; radiation effects; urine; history;

Tree Number: G08.686.785.760.769.326;

History Note: 2003

Technical Notes: check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY; LABOR, INDUCED is also available