Recommendations for the management of low risk obstetric patients.
Specific interventional procedures have enjoyed widespread popularity in the United States in the routine management of low risk obstetric patients without the benefit of clinical studies attesting to their utility. A review of the literature was conducted to survey obstetric practice with regard to amniotomy, intravenous fluids, third stage administration of oxytocics, episiotomy and continuous fetal monitoring.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.
Riedmann
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D000650:Amnion / Q000601:surgery; D004841:Episiotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000009:adverse effects; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000009:adverse effects; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010120:Oxytocics / Q000009:adverse effects; D011247:Pregnancy; D014481:United States
D010120:Oxytocics