title: [There is not evidence for restricting eating and drinking during labour].
abstract: Views and policies about eating and drinking in labour vary widely across the world. There is an increasing trend towards allowing food and fluids during labour, although little scientific data exist on its influence on the course of labour. Evidence-based recommendations in the form of a guideline on eating and drinking in labour is still lacking. Thus, the purpose of the present paper was to review the current literature to establish whether there is evidence for restricting or allowing food and fluids during normal labour.
authors.affiliation: Gynaekologisk-obstetrisk Afdeling, Regionshospitalet Randers, 8930 Randers, Denmark. maristen@rm.dk
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stentebjerg
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bor
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section; D004326:Drinking; D004435:Eating; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology