Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) has been used to diminish postoperative pain and many forms of chronic pain with reportedly good results. There have been few reports of the use of TENS during childbirth in the physical therapy literature. Several European studies have reported good effects of TENS in the reduction of pain associated with labor and delivery. Because TENS is a ...

background: lack of information regarding biochemical changes in women during labor and its outcomes on maternal and neonatal health still is an unanswered question. this study aims to explore the effectiveness of oral carbohydrate intake during labor on the duration of the active phase and other maternal and neonatal outcomes. methods: a parallel prospective randomized controlled trial, conduc...

New evidence-based guidelines for Safe Prevention of the Primary Cesarean Delivery call for extensive modifications of many long-standing obstetric practices that have collectively contributed to large increases in cesarean rates and worsening outcomes (1). The document also calls for the resurrection of some skills and beneficial practices (such as external cephalic version and manual rotation...

BACKGROUND Abnormal labor is one of the common emergency obstetric problems contributing for more than two-thirds of the unplanned cesarean section. In Ethiopia, although labor abnormality and its complications like obstetric fistula are highly prevalent, there is no published study that determines the predictors of labor abnormalities. METHODS The study design was an unmatched case control w...

The aim of this case control study was to evaluate the thus far controversially discussed influence of acupuncture (AP) on the duration of labor. Fifty-seven women with AP treatment (group A) were included in our study after spontaneous vaginal full-term delivery. The control group included 63 women (group B). Median duration of the first stage of labor was 196 min in group A and 321 min in gro...

This study was designed to assess the effect of inflatable obstetric belts on uterine fundal pressure in the management of the second stage of labor. One hundred twenty-three nulliparas with a singleton cephalic pregnancy at term were randomized. Standard care was performed in the control group, and uterine fundal pressure by the Labor Assister (Baidy M-420/Curexo, Inc., Seoul, Korea) was utili...

INTRODUCTION Spontaneous rupture of uterus in unscarred uterus prior to onset of labor in third trimester is extremely rare and to our knowledge, very few cases have been reported so far. CASE PRESENTATION A 26-year-old third gravida women with 32 weeks pregnancy presented with pre-labor rupture uterus with extrusion of intact amniotic sac from the rent in uterine fundus. CONCLUSION Rupture...