Age.?Minimum, 18 ; maximum, 34; average, 233. Presentation.?Vertex, 30 ; pelvic, 2 ; face, 1. Position.?Left occipitoanterior, 23 ; right occipito-posterior, 5 ; right occipitoanterior, 2; left mento-auterior, 1; left sacroanterior, 1; right sacro-posterior, 1. Duration of Labour.?First stage: Minimum, 4 h. 30 m.; maximum, 62 h.; average, 15 h. 5 m. Second stage : Minimum, 25 m.; maximum, 6 h.:...

employment agencies have gained an increasing significance in matching employment and vacancies in the economy. solo searches by workers, and shorterperiods of employment, have necessarilyadded to the need for third party agents for the matching process in labour markets. thus the existence of these agents and sole agent searches has created a multiplicity of wages across labour . markets. we d...

Farmers need up to date information on efficient use and management of labour for agricultural production. Yet, they lack adequate and needed information. Hence, this study was undertaken to explore the sources and use of labour information by farmers in southwestern Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. Primary data were collected to elicit infor...

BACKGROUND There are two approaches to care during the third stage of labour: Active management includes three components: administration of a prophylactic uterotonic drug, cord clamping and controlled cord traction. For physiological care, intervention occurs only if there is clinical need. Evidence to guide care during the third stage is limited and there is variation in recommendations which...

UNLABELLED The standard practice during the third stage of labour of Dutch midwives and obstetricians was elucidated by a questionnaire mailed to all Dutch midwives and obstetricians. Prophylactic oxytocics in the third stage are used as a routine by 55% of the obstetricians and only 10% of the midwives. Oxytocin is the drug of first choice. CONCLUSION Routine use of prophylactic oxytocics in...

In 12 consecutive unselected patients admitted to a consultant maternity unit one single injection of subarachnoid morphine sulphate 1.5 mg abolished pain during the first stage of labour. Pain in the second stage was abolished in four patients and lessened in three. During the early puerperium, pain at the site of the episitotomy was much reduced. Side effects included itching of the face, nau...