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Vaginal Birth After Cesarean

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 1985
Recent studies prompted by the high cesarean birth rates have looked at the issue of vaginal birth after cesarean. The risk of attempting a vaginal birth after cesarean appears to be minimal for selected clients. As more and more obstetricians begin to offer vaginal birth after cesarean to their patients, nurses will need to be fully informed about ...
C F, Miller, C S, Sutter
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Guidelines for Operative Vaginal Birth

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2004
To provide guidelines for operative vaginal birth in the management of the second stage of labour.Non-operative techniques, episiotomy, and Caesarean section are compared to operative vaginal birth. outcome: Reduced fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality.MEDLINE and Cochrane databases were searched using the key words 'vacuum' and 'birth' as well ...
Yvonne M, Cargill, Catherine Jane, MacKinnon, Marc-Yvon, Arsenault, Elias, Bartellas, Sue, Daniels, Tom, Gleason, Stuart, Iglesias, Michael C, Klein, Carolyn A, Lane, Marie-Jocelyne, Martel, Ann E, Sprague, Ann, Roggensack, Ann Kathleen, Wilson   +12 more
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No. 381-Assisted Vaginal Birth

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2019
To provide evidence-based guidelines for safe and effective assisted vaginal birth.Prerequisites, indications, contraindications, along with maternal and neonatal morbidity associated with assisted vaginal birth.Medline database was searched for articles published from January 1, 1985, to February 28, 2018 using the key words "assisted vaginal birth," "
Sebastian, Hobson, Krista, Cassell, Rory, Windrim, Yvonne, Cargill   +3 more
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Vaginal birth and perineal trauma

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2000
Vaginal birth has been recognized as being potentially traumatic to the pelvic floor. It is important that contributory obstetric factors are identified and their occurrence minimized. Women who have sustained significant anal sphincter injury are at greater risk of further damage and faecal incontinence with subsequent deliveries.
M, Fitzpatrick, C, O'Herlihy
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Vaginal lactobacilli and preterm birth

Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 2002
To assess the relationship between the absence of vaginal lactobacilli and preterm birth at < 33 weeks of gestation.A prospective study of the vaginal flora in the second trimester was undertaken in 1958 women with singleton pregnancies. The contribution of various microorganisms to preterm delivery was analyzed using a multivariate-logistic regression
Rie, Usui, Akihide, Ohkuchi, Shigeki, Matsubara, Akio, Izumi, Takashi, Watanabe, Mitsuaki, Suzuki, Hisanori, Minakami   +6 more
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Vaginal birth after cesarean

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1987
Allowing a woman with a previous cesarean birth a trial of labor rather than performing an elective repeat cesarean section continues to be a controversial area in obstetrics today. In an effort to evaluate the risks associated with a trial of labor, a prospective investigation was undertaken from July 1, 1982, through June 30, 1984.
J P, Phelan, S L, Clark, F, Diaz, R H, Paul   +3 more
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Episiotomy for vaginal birth

1999
Episiotomy is done to prevent severe perineal tears, but its routine use has been questioned. The relative effects of midline compared with midlateral episiotomy are unclear.The objective of this review was to assess the effects of restrictive use of episiotomy compared with routine episiotomy during vaginal birth.We searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and
G, Carroli, J, Belizan
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Birth Defects and Vaginal Spermicides

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1982
In a cohort study of 50, 282 pregnancies recruited between 1958 and 1965, there were 462 gravidae who used nonmercurial spermicides (mostly nonoxynol-9 (95% confidence limits, 0.6 to 1.6). There were also 889 women who used phenylmercuric acetate (no longer available as a spermicide); the corresponding rate ratio was 0.9 (0.6 to 1.3).
S, Shapiro, D, Slone, O P, Heinonen, D W, Kaufman, L, Rosenberg, A A, Mitchell, S P, Helmrich   +6 more
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Vaginal Birth After Cesarean in California

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2001
To estimate rates at which women were offered and consented to trial of labor in California hospitals with high and low risk-adjusted cesarean delivery rates.From 267 nonfederal acute-care hospitals in California that performed more than 678 deliveries in 1992-1993, 51 hospitals were selected in a stratified sample.
J, Melnikow, P, Romano, W M, Gilbert, M, Schembri, J, Keyzer, R L, Kravitz   +5 more
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Vaginal Birth After Cesarean

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1998
Vaginal birth or trial of labor after previous cesarean delivery represents one of the most significant changes in obstetric practice. There are numerous reasons that influence the decision to proceed with either a trial of labor after previous cesarean delivery or elective repeat cesarean delivery.
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