Preterm birth is one of the most devastating problems facing obstetrics today. Despite all of the available sophisticated research and therapeutic technology, the preterm birth rate has remained the same for the last 40 years. One birth in 10 occurs prematurely. Preterm labor manifests itself in a v
Triaging patients in the latent phase of labor
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- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Weight
- 140 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2182
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โฆ Synopsis
Many pregnant women who present to a hospital triage area, office, or clinic setting, or seek advice from a midwife by telephone, require early labor assessment. This article reviews parameters for normal and abnormal latent phase labor and discusses triage assessment and management strategies for the patient in latent phase labor.
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