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Amnioinfusion for meconium-stained liquor

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2000
Amnioinfusion reduces the risk of meconium aspiration by the infants of women with thick meconium staining of the amniotic fluid. The benefits are clear in facilities with high baseline rates of meconium aspiration, and are therefore likely to outweigh the risk of uncommon but serious maternal side-effects.
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Relieving Fetal Distress with Amnioinfusion

MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 1989
The nurse's role in this relatively safe, effective procedure is to prepare equipment, monitor for possible adverse effects, and support the mother.
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Amnioinfusion survey: prevalence, protocols, and complications

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1995
To determine whether amnioinfusion is associated with labor and delivery complications, and whether complication type and reported incidence are related to infusion method.Questionnaires regarding amnioinfusion experience were sent to every academic obstetrics and gynecology department in the United States (78 maternal-fetal medicine fellowship ...
K, Wenstrom, W W, Andrews, J E, Maher
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Amnioinfusion and the intrauterine prevention of meconium aspiration

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1994
We evaluated the published literature on the effectiveness of amnioinfusion in reducing meconium below the vocal cords and meconium aspiration syndrome among infants born to women presenting with more than trace meconium-stained fluid.A literature search was conducted to evaluate clinical trials of amnioinfusion and meconium aspiration.
T, Dye, R, Aubry, S, Gross, R, Artal
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Transcervical amnioinfusion.

The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice, 1993
Transcervical amnioinfusion is a new and relatively safe, simple procedure that can be performed in most modern hospital maternity units.We reviewed the current medical literature concerning this topic by searching MEDLINE files from 1987 to the present, using key words "amnioinfusion," "fetal distress," "premature rupture of membranes," "meconium ...
C, Vincent, D, Hickok
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Amnioinfusion for preterm rupture of membranes

1998
Preterm rupture of membranes places a fetus at risk of cord compression and amnionitis. Amnioinfusion aims to prevent or relieve umbilical cord compression by infusing a solution into the uterine cavity.The objective of this review was to assess the effects of amnioinfusion for preterm rupture of membranes on maternal and perinatal outcomes.The ...
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Amnioinfusion.

The Journal of reproductive medicine, 1995
Amnioinfusion is a relatively new technique with a variety of uses. Its most common application is the treatment of variable decelerations in the fetal heart rate during labor. By artificially increasing the amniotic fluid volume, the umbilical cord is better protected from compression.
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Amnioinfusion-induced malpresentation.

Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, 1998
Amnioinfusion is a valuable and common intrapartum procedure for the relief of cord compression and to dilute thick meconium. Like most procedures, it is not without risk and we report a case of malpresentation following amnioinfusion. Intrapartum fetal demise occurred after malpresentation during amnioinfusion resulting in a change of fetal ...
J F, Washburne   +4 more
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Amnioinfusion for meconium-stained liquor in labour

2010
Amnioinfusion is thought to dilute meconium present in the amniotic fluid and so reduce the risk of meconium aspiration.To assess the effects of amnioinfusion for meconium-stained liquor on perinatal outcome.We searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group's Trials Register (May 2009).Randomised trials comparing amnioinfusion with no ...
G Justus, Hofmeyr, Hairong, Xu
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Amnioinfusion. A review.

The Journal of reproductive medicine, 1995
The recent obstetric literature reports on various applications of amnioinfusion that have been used in an attempt to improve maternal and neonatal outcome. This paper reviews the indications, techniques, clinical benefits and hazards associated with the use of this procedure.
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