“New or not–so-new” labor management practices and cesarean delivery for arrest of progress

Because nearly one-third of births in the United States are now delivered by cesarean —more than 1.27 million women each year—national organizations have recently published revised guidelines for the management of labor. These new guidelines stipulate that labor arrest should not be diagnosed unless ≥ 6 cm cervical dilatation had been reached or labor had been stimulated for at least 6 hours.

Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - July 19, 2019 Category: OBGYN Authors: David B. Nelson, James M. Alexander, Donald D. McIntire, Kenneth J. Leveno Tags: Original Research: Obstetrics Source Type: research