Childbirth/Labour/Intrapartum
Women’s experiences of pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain relief methods for labour and childbirth: a qualitative systematic review
... of childbirth is complex and multifaceted ...of intrapartum interventions that reduce and control the uncertainties and discomfort of childbirth has been described in other studies [31, 47 – ...
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What makes labour and birth traumatic? A survey of intrapartum "hotspots"
... Measures were carefully chosen for validity and applicability to this sample. PTSD was measured using the PTSD Diagnostic Scale (PDS; Foa, 1995) adapted slightly to measure PTSD in relation to childbirth. The PDS ...
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Aromatherapy and massage intrapartum service impact on use of analgesia and anesthesia in women in labor: A retrospective case note analysis
... Pethidine is a synthetic phenylpiperdine derivative which is commonly administered intramuscularly (IM) during labour 30 . Pethidine is well known to cross the placenta and has been shown to make babies sleepier, ...
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Creating a positive perception of childbirth experience: systematic review and meta-analysis of prenatal and intrapartum interventions
... the labour support studies consisted relatively similar components including active management of labour, clinical assessment by obstetricians and midwives, and analgesia, as ...provided labour care, ...
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IMproving the practice of intrapartum electronic fetal heart rate MOnitoring with cardiotocography for safer childbirth (the IMMO programme): protocol for a qualitative study
... Introduction Suboptimal electronic fetal heart rate monitoring (EFM) in labour using cardiotocography (CTG) has been identified as one of the most common causes of avoidable harm in maternity care. Training staff ...
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Pain Relief in Labour: How Can We Improve Intrapartum Care?
... in labour was a statistically signifi- cant predictor of total satisfaction, and remembering the first ethical principle of auton- omy: a patient’s right to choose-we should remember that whatever decision is made ...
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Measuring the quality and quantity of professional intrapartum support: testing a computerised systematic observation tool in the clinical setting
... during labour and childbirth is a key factor in shaping birth outcomes including type of birth, analgesia used, length of labour, neonatal Apgar scores and women’s feelings about their birth ...
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Deferred and referred deliveries contribute to stillbirths in the Indian state of Bihar: results from a population-based survey of all births
... around labour and delivery as babies presenting in breech position, pregnancies with multiple foetuses, and deliver- ies with “push and forceful pull” performed during the de- livery by the health provider had a ...
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Women’s perception of support and control during childbirth in The Gambia, a quantitative study on dignified facility based intrapartum care
... Though women’s perception of support was low, it was higher than the perception of both internal and ex- ternal control in this study. This corroborates with the findings of a similar study conducted in the United ...
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The association between labour variables and primiparous women’s experience of childbirth; a prospective cohort study
... A group of 25/140 midwives at the Soder Hospital clinic volunteered to assist in data collection and in- formed the labouring women about the ongoing study. In all, 561 healthy primiparous women in labour, ...
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Regional variations in childbirth interventions in the Netherlands: a nationwide explorative study
... of labour; augmentation after a spontaneous onset of labour; intrapartum oxytocin use; epidural analgesia; other pharmacological pain relief; instrumental vaginal birth; CS (prelabour, ...
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Quality of intrapartum care by skilled birth attendants in a refugee clinic on the Thai Myanmar border: a survey using WHO Safe Motherhood Needs Assessment
... The same two 4th year Dutch midwife students con- ducted the observation of deliveries and were chosen be- cause they knew correct midwifery practice and as they were not part of the usual birth team they were well ...
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Variations in childbirth interventions in high-income countries: protocol for a multinational cross-sectional study
... used childbirth interventions, including induction and/or augmentation of labour, intrapartum antibiotics, epidural and pharmacological pain relief, episiotomy in vaginal births, instrument-assisted ...
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Continuous support during labour in childbirth: a Cross Sectional study in a university teaching hospital in Shanghai, China
... the labour/delivery process is starting to be routinely provided at admission in most hospitals in China, but does not occur in all ...of labour and emergency caesar- ean section rate in women with ...
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Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ): research proposal for translation and validation into Sinhala language among a Lankan cohort of women
... of intrapartum care that a particular woman gets has an impact on her physical and emotional well- being ...from labour ward staff and having woman’s wishes respected, can enhance her con- fidence ...
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Adverse events in women and children who have received intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis treatment: a systematic review
... A Cochrane meta-analysis concluded that despite an 83% reduction in EOGBS incidence from IAP, IAP for maternal GBS is not supported by conclusive evidence due to a high risk of bias across RCTs [67]. Combining this ...
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Immersion in water for pain relief and the risk of intrapartum transfer among low risk nulliparous women: secondary analysis of the Birthplace national prospective cohort study
... some labour care from an NHS midwife in her planned birth ...of labour, presented in preterm labour (<37 weeks’ gestation), had a multiple pregnancy, or who were “unbooked” (received no ante- ...
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Effects of continuous midwifery labour support for women with severe fear of childbirth
... of childbirth (FOC) which might have many negative consequences ...active labour, greater use of pain relief, higher rate of emergency Caesarean sections, more negative personal experiences, and even the ...
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Acceptability of intrapartum HIV counselling and testing in Cameroon
... in labour with unknown HIV status is high, and fortunately enough acceptability for HIV testing during labour is also ...ing labour in Cameroon ...during labour if HIV status is unknown but ...
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Maternal infection and risk of intrapartum death: a population based observational study in South Asia
... infection, intrapartum asphyxia and risk of early neonatal death Table 4 shows unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios for the associations using the pooled data from Bangladesh and India, as well as separately for ...
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