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Predictors and prevalence of labor pain management practice at West Guji zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2024. [PDF]

open access: yesPLOS Global Public Health
Childbirth is a painful experience for most women, and many require assistance with pain relief. Strategies for managing labor pain include both non-pharmacological and pharmacological intervention. Childbirth is a painful experience for almost all women.
Misgana Desalegn Menesho   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone and Free Thyroxine Levels at Labor Admission: Associations with Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes in Term Pregnancies [PDF]

open access: yesDiagnostics
Background: Maternal thyroid hormones are essential for fetal development and the maintenance of pregnancy. While thyroid dysfunction earlier in gestation has been extensively studied, the clinical relevance of thyroid function assessed at labor ...
Karolin Ohanoglu Cetinel   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

FETAL MONITORING DURING THE OBSTETRIC LABOR

open access: yesRevista Ciencias Biomédicas, 2015
The intrapartum fetal monitoring is part of the tests to assess the fetal well-being. It is an easy, cheap, reproducible and non-invasive method without adverse effects or contraindications.
Salcedo-Ramos Francisco   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-pharmacological measures for pain relief in childbirth: a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2023
Objectives: to evaluate the effectiveness of non-pharmacological measures used by obstetric nurses to relieve pain during labor. Methods: this is a systematic review of the databases carried out in the United States National Library of Medicine ...
Beatriz Távina Viana Cabral   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Utilization of Obstetric Analgesia for Labor Pain Management and Associated Factors among Obstetric Care Providers in Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesObstetrics and Gynecology International, 2021
Background. In low-income countries, pain-free labor initiative is an emerging concept and still parturient undergoes through painful labor; this is not different in Ethiopia; despite the national direction to use analgesia for labor pain and strong ...
Rediet Gido   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Obstetric analgesia utilization in labor pain management and associated factors among obstetric care providers in the West Shewa Zone, Central Ethiopia

open access: yesSAGE Open Medicine, 2022
Objectives: Labor pain is the worst pain that almost every woman experiences during childbirth. Labor pain management plays a crucial role in promoting maternal-wellbeing, contributing enormously to maternal satisfaction with the childbirth experience ...
Eba Abera Terfasa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Date Fruit Consumption in Later Pregnancy on Length of Gestation, Labour and Delivery of Nulliparous Women

open access: yesPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2023
Objective: To assess the effect of date fruit consumption in late pregnancy on the onset and progress of labour, the need for induction and augmentation, and delivery outcomes. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial (NCT05105893).
Nafeesa Hiba   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk Factors for Premature Birth among Premature Obstetric Labor Women: A Prospective Cohort Study [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2018
PURPOSE: To identify risk factors for premature birth among premature obstetric labor women. METHODS: Participants were 129 hospitalized women who were diagnosed with potential premature obstetric labor with 20 weeks to 37 weeks of gestation.
Yun Kyung Kim, Kyung Hee Lim
doaj   +1 more source

Perception, attitude, and practice of labor analgesia among obstetric care providers in Eastern Uttar Pradesh

open access: yesAsian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Labor pain is among the foremost severe pain that ladies experience in their lifespan, if inadequately treated can lead to certain complications in labor.
Imran Ahmed Khan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stopping Oxytocin in Active Labor Rather Than Continuing it until Delivery: A Viable Option for the Induction of Labor

open access: yesOman Medical Journal, 2015
Objective: Induction of labor (IOL), using intravenous oxytocin, is the artificial initiation of labor before its spontaneous onset for the purpose of delivery of the fetoplacental unit.
Seema Chopra   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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