title: Triaging patients in the latent phase of labor.
abstract: Many pregnant women who present to a hospital triage area, office, or clinic setting, or seek advice from a midwife by telephone, require early labor assessment. This article reviews parameters for normal and abnormal latent phase labor and discusses triage assessment and management strategies for the patient in latent phase labor.
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente, Bellflower, CA, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calderon
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007745:Labor Onset; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods*