Background: The modified WHO partograph is an inexpensive but valuable tool that provides a continuous pictorial overview of progress of labor. It helps to detect the abnormal progress of labor. It guides the obstetrician to decide about the need for augmentation of labor and helps to recognize prolong labour before obstruction occurs. Objectives: The objectives were to study the course of norm...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of transvaginal sonographic cervical measurement in predicting failed labor induction and cesarean delivery for failure to progress in nulliparous women. One hundred and sixty-one women scheduled for labor induction underwent transvaginal ultrasonography and digital cervical examinations. Logistic regression demonstrated that cervical length and g...

BACKGROUND Dystocia is the most common indication of primary cesarean section. The most common cause of dystocia is uterine dysfunction. In prolonged labor, more attention is usually paid to the fetus and pelvis rather than to the role of uterine contractions in a delivery. Therefore, we decided to determine the relationship between the labor progress and uterine contractions shapes. METHODS ...

The paper studys the mathematical model between element marketization and technology progress though Chinese provinces data. Empirical test showed that capital and labor element marketization promote Chinese technology progress significantly. Finally, threshold model showed the existence of threshold range that capital and labor element marketization promoting TFP (total factor productivity) gr...

Introduction: The progress of active labor by transvaginal examination is a subjective evaluation of the obstetrician with many limitations. The current trend in obstetrics is to avoid vaginal deliveries. There are many scientific proposals to monitor the progress of the active labor using ultrasound in laboring patients. Aim: To clinically assess the active labor and compare with ultrasound to...

June 2006 | Volume 3 | Issue 6 | e276 Few biological processes as central to the survival of viviparous species are so incompletely understood as childbirth (parturition) [1]. Premature labor and prolonged gestation due to failure of labor to commence are associated with an increased risk for perinatal death and long-term handicap. Even when labor begins at term, “failure to progress” is so fre...

BACKGROUND It has been recognized that preterm labor is related to short cervical length and that poor progress in labor is a major indication for cesarean section at term. We therefore hypothesize that long cervix is not associated with increased risk of cesarean delivery during labor at term. OBJECTIVES The objective is to determine the relationship between cervical length at mid-pregnancy ...