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

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

Oman 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, Sandip K. SenGupta, Vanita Jain, Parveen Kumar   +3 more
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Labor-associated gene expression in the human uterine fundus, lower segment, and cervix [PDF]

, 2006
Background Preterm labor, failure to progress, and postpartum hemorrhage are the common causes of maternal and neonatal mortality or morbidity. All result from defects in the complex mechanisms controlling labor, which coordinate changes in the ...
Thornton, Steven, Saade, George R., Anderson, Garland D., Radek Bukowski, Gary D V Hankins, George R Saade, Hankins, Gary D. V., Garland D Anderson, Bukowski, Radek, Steven Thornton   +9 more
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Effect and safety of castor oil on labor induction and prevalence of vaginal delivery: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2022
Background: Castor oil is used in some countries to induce labor, but results on its effectiveness and safety is controversial. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effect of castor oil on labor induction and prevalence of ...
Atefeh Amerizadeh, Ziba Farajzadegan, Sedigheh Asgary   +2 more
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Etiology and factors associated with urogenital fistula among women who have undergone cesarean section: a cross-sectional study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background The prevalence and impact of fistulas are more common in developing countries with limited access to emergency obstetric care. As a result, women in these settings often experience adverse psychosocial factors. The purpose of this study was to
Raha Maroyi, Madeline K. Moureau, Heidi W. Brown, Rane Ajay, Gloire Byabene, Denis M. Mukwege   +5 more
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The state of emergency obstetric care services in Nairobi informal settlements and environs: results from a maternity health facility survey. [PDF]

, 2009
Background: maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa remains a challenge with estimates exceeding 1,000 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in some countries. Successful prevention of maternal deaths hinges on adequate and quality emergency obstetric
Abdhalah K Ziraba, Ziraba, Abdhalah K., Saliku, Teresa, Ziraba, Abdhalah K, Samuel Mills, Mills, Samuel, Teresa Saliku, Jean-Christophe Fotso, Madise, Nyovani, Nyovani Madise, Fotso, Jean-Christophe   +10 more
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Partograph Utilization and Associated Factors among Obstetric Care Providers Working in Public Health Facilities of Wolaita Zone, 2017

Journal of Pregnancy, 2020
Background. Obstructed or prolonged labor is a major cause of maternal deaths. Prolonged and obstructed labor contributed to 13% of global maternal deaths which can be reduced by proper utilization of a partograph during labor.
Mesfin Markos, Aseb Arba, Kebreab Paulos
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Comparison of Natural Delivery Indexes in Two Ways of Labor in Water and Routine Delivery

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2018
Background: One of the main problems of women during childbirth is fear of labor pain; so far, different ways to reduce it have been recommended. The aim of this study was to compare normal labor indexes in two methods of delivery of labor in water and ...
Behnaz Khani, Mahboubeh Mohamadi
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Utilization of labor pain management methods and associated factors among obstetric care givers at public health institutions of East Gojjam Zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2020: a facility based cross – sectional study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Labor Pain is “unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, affects parturient and fetuses’.
Aster Shiferaw, Belsity Temesgen, Nakachew Mekonnen Alamirew, Tejitu Wube, Yichalem worku   +4 more
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Obstetrical and perinatal outcomes in patients with or without obstetric analgesia during labor

Iatreia, 2016
Objective: To describe and compare the obstetric and perinatal outcomes in patients with or without obstetric analgesia during labor, and to determine whether such analgesia is associated with adverse maternal or perinatal outcomes.
Piedrahíta-Gutiérrez, Dany Leandro, España-Chamorro, Jhoana Andrea, Piedrahíta-Gutiérrez, Wilmar Eduardo, López-Clavijo, Carlos Alberto, Henao-Flórez, Rodrigo Eduardo   +4 more
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