Objectives. Umbilical cord blood analysis for assessment of the newborn’s acid-base status soon after birth is the most objective way of evaluating the fetal metabolic condition at delivery. We researched the effects of maternal age, multiple gestation, fetal heart rate, gestational age, parity, delivery mode and total duration of labor on fetal well-being as assessed by umbilical cord blood ga...

BACKGROUND Acupressure has been used frequently to improve labor, manage labor pain, and shorten delivery time. However, there has been little research-based evidence to support the positive effects of acupressure in the obstetric area and obstetric nursing. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of SP6 acupressure on labor pain and delivery time in primigravida women in...

background: labor pain is the most severe pain a woman experience in her life. the severity and duration of labor pain is more, in primiparous women and may lead to undesirable psychological effects, lowered self-confidence and anxiety. new supportive methods like massage therapy could change the labor into a pleasant and desirable experience. regarding this, the current study was fulfilled to ...

In this paper, the Cox proportional hazard model is used to answer several questions. In general, fourteen variables are applied in four groups: firm, industry, expenditure human resources specific characteristics as well. According to the previous literature in this field, the findings of this paper also show that the factors which affect life duration of firms are different between industries...

BACKGROUND Identifying predictive factors for a normal outcome at admission in the labor ward would be of value planning care, timing interventions, and preventing dystocia. Clinical assessments fetal head station position start have some value, but ultrasound methods this purpose has not been investigated. Studies using transperineal before onset show possibilities these to predict outcomes. O...

OBJECTIVES To study oxytocin, misoprostol, and methylergometrine in active management of the third stage of labor and determine duration of the third stage of labor, blood loss, adverse effects, and need for additional uterotonics in each group. METHODS Clinical trial of 300 women with healthy singleton pregnancy allocated into three groups to receive either: 10 IU intravenous oxytocin infusi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether maintaining a motor-sparing epidural analgesia infusion affects the duration of the second stage of labor in nulliparous parturients compared with a placebo control. METHODS We conducted a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving nulliparous women with term cephalic singleton pregnancies who requested epidural analgesia. All women received epi...

background: third stage of labor has been defined as the most dangerous stage. due to the importance of the third stage, this study was performed in order to determine its length and related factors. materials and methods: this research is a cross sectional study which was carried out on 1000 deliveries in shabihkhani hospital (kashan-iran). inclusion criteria consist of gestational age of high...