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Busy day effect on the use of obstetrical interventions and epidural analgesia during labour: a cross-sectional register study of 601 247 deliveries

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Daily delivery volume might affect the quality of obstetric care. We explored the busy day effect on selected obstetrical interventions and epidural analgesia performed during labour in different sized delivery hospitals and on the Finnish ...
Riitta Vilkko, Sari Räisänen, Mika Gissler, Vedran Stefanovic, Ilkka Kalliala, Seppo Heinonen   +5 more
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Implementation of a piritramide based patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) as a standard of care for pain control in late abortion induction: A prospective cohort study from a patient perspective

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X, 2023
Objective: To assess whether the implementation of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with piritramide using an automatic pump system under routine conditions is effective to reduce pain in late abortion inductions Study design: Prospective observational
L. Tascón Padrón, N.L.A. Emrich, B. Strizek, A. Gass, C. Link, T. Hilbert, S. Klaschik, W. Meissner, U. Gembruch, J. Jiménez Cruz   +9 more
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Issues of consent for regional analgesia in labour: A survey of obstetric anaesthetists [PDF]

, 2006
Publisher's copy made available with the permission of the publisherAnaesthetists are legally obliged to obtain consent and inform patients of material risks prior to administering regional analgesia in labour.
Black, J., Cyna, A.
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Evidence for the benefit of prenatal pelvimetry in breech presentation at term: A low intertuberous distance is associated with assisted head delivery and short‐term neonatal morbidity

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Guidelines on vaginal breech delivery have several restrictions concerning feto‐maternal parameters. To date, they neglect the impact of prenatal pelvimetry, especially of the intertuberous distance (ITD), in nulliparous women attempting vaginal breech birth.
Julia Schmidt, Anna Elisabeth Hentrich, Anne Kristina Kämpf, Eileen Deuster, Samira Catharina Hoock, Frank Louwen, Lukas Jennewein   +6 more
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Tolerância da parturiente à extensibilidade perineal avaliada pelo EPI-NO: estudo observacional [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: To determine how parturient women tolerate the use of a perineal distensibility assessment technique using the EPI-NO device. Method: An observational study with a total of 227 full-term parturient women was performed.
Alexandre, Sandra Maria, Araujo Júnior, Edward, Elito Junior, Julio, Nakamura, Mary Uchiyama, Petricelli, Carla Dellabarba, Sass, Nelson, Zanetti, Míriam Raquel Diniz   +6 more
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Impact of gestational weight gain on perineal injury and obstetric anal sphincter injury among underweight primiparous women

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To evaluate the association between gestational weight gain (GWG) and perineal trauma in primiparous women with a pre‐pregnancy body mass index (BMI) <18.5. Methods This retrospective cohort study included primiparous women with singleton, vertex deliveries at a tertiary medical center (2012–2023).
Itamar Gilboa, Daniel Gabbai, Emmanuel Attali, Ronen Gold, Asnat Groutz, Yariv Yogev, Yoav Baruch   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnic variability in the treatment of pain [PDF]

, 1999
Ethnicity has been shown to be an important determinant of behavior during illness, particularly when a painful condition is present. Studies have shown that pain may be undertreated among different ethnic groups of patients.
Havel, Richard C., Ortega, Rafael A., Youdelman, Benjamin A.   +2 more
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Effects of epidural lidocaine analgesia on labor and delivery: A randomized, prospective, controlled trial [PDF]

, 2006
Background Whether epidural analgesia for labor prolongs the active-first and second labor stages and increases the risk of vacuum-assisted delivery is a controversial topic.
Shahram Nafisi, SK Sharma, J Zhang, SK Sharma, JA Thorp, SM Ramin, JL Illuzzi, E Lieberman, D Caton, E Lieberman, S Torvaldsen, S Evron, DH Chestnut, JA Bofill, SK Sharma, PE Hess, JM Alexander, J Fisher, X Qian, O Olayemi, S Vangen, S Sharma, SM Menticoglou   +22 more
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Early versus late amniotomy during twin labor

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study evaluates whether timing of amniotomy affects labor characteristics and maternal and neonatal outcomes in twin deliveries. Methods This retrospective study was conducted at a single academic medical center and included dichorionic diamniotic (DCDA) twin pregnancies with a normal anomaly scan and a vertex‐presenting leading
Or Eliner, Inbar Lidor, Or Touval, Gil Shechter Maor, Michal Kovo, Tal Biron‐Shental   +5 more
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Effects of intrathecal opioids use in cesarean section on breastfeeding and newborns’ weight gaining [PDF]

, 2016
Objective: To assess the association between intrapartum intrathecal opioid use and breastfeeding and weight gain following cesarean section. Materials and methods: The prospective double-blinded study was conducted on term pregnant women, undergoing ...
Anbarafshan, Mohammad, Davari-Tanha, Fatemeh, Kaveh, Mahbod, Khashayar, Patricia, Najafi, Atabak, Rezaei Hemami, Mohsen, Yousefshahi, Fardin   +6 more
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