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Article: Cesarean Deliveries for Lack of Progress in Labor.
- Article from:
- OB/GYN Clinical Alert
- Article date:
- June 1, 2000
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Cesarean Deliveries for Lack of Progress in Labor
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY
Synopsis: Lack of progress in labor is an important reason for cesarean deliveries and many of these procedures are done during the latent phase of labor or in the second stage of labor before it is prolonged.
Source: Gifford DS, et al. Obstet Gynecol 2000;95:589-595.
To estimate the prevalence of lack of progress in labor as an indication for unplanned cesarean delivery and to compare the course of labor in women with this diagnosis and established criteria for lack of progress in labor, Gifford and associates performed a retrospective review of medical records as ...