[Abdominal expression of the fetus in the 21st century].
Exercising pressure to the bottom of the uterus in different ways in order to accelerate the second period of giving birth is a widespread practice in the obstetrics departments of the country, which is generally not recorded in the history of the disease and in the rare cases when this is done it is indicated as "Kristeller method". Studies on the topic have been been published in various journals cited in Medline, Cochrane library, Nature, Science, Lancet, GyneWeb and others. Keywords used are: "Pressure, Fundal pressure, Expression abdominale, Obstetric Labor Complications, Kristeller maneuver second stage of labor". The author analyzes the literature on the benefit/harm of this practice in our time and recalls the original Kristeller method.
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D000005:Abdomen / Q000502:physiology; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007748:Labor Stage, Second; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011312:Pressure