TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence-based management of the second stage of labor
AU - Polnaszek, Brock E.
AU - Cahill, Alison G.
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - The second stage of labor is defined as the time from complete dilation of the cervix to delivery of the fetus. The objective of this seminar is to provide a contemporary, evidence-based approach to management of the second stage of labor. This seminar reviews background maternal and fetal characteristics that impact the duration of the second stage of labor, the recommended evidence-based management (e.g. immediate pushing, manual rotation, operative vaginal delivery), and the maternal/neonatal morbidity clinicians must consider when deciding between operative delivery and a prolonged second stage of labor.
AB - The second stage of labor is defined as the time from complete dilation of the cervix to delivery of the fetus. The objective of this seminar is to provide a contemporary, evidence-based approach to management of the second stage of labor. This seminar reviews background maternal and fetal characteristics that impact the duration of the second stage of labor, the recommended evidence-based management (e.g. immediate pushing, manual rotation, operative vaginal delivery), and the maternal/neonatal morbidity clinicians must consider when deciding between operative delivery and a prolonged second stage of labor.
KW - Evidence-based management
KW - Immediate pushing
KW - Labor management
KW - Operative vaginal delivery
KW - Second stage
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85076534933&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.semperi.2019.151213
DO - 10.1016/j.semperi.2019.151213
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31839439
AN - SCOPUS:85076534933
VL - 44
JO - Seminars in Perinatology
JF - Seminars in Perinatology
SN - 0146-0005
IS - 2
M1 - 151213
ER -