The length of the second stage of labor
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Elaine K Diegmann; Claire M Andrews; Carol A Niemczura; Mary Barger
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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## ABSTRACT The Friedman Curve of Normal Labor, based on Emanuel Friedman's studies of Caucasian women in 1954 and 1955, remains the “gold standard” for assessing progress in the second stage of labor. Clinical observation by the authors, however, suggests that the second stage of labor is shorter