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Recommendations for the management of low risk obstetric patients
Author(s) -
Davis L.,
Riedmann G.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(91)90812-j
Subject(s) - medicine , episiotomy , maternal morbidity , obstetrics , third stage , popularity , fetal monitoring , pregnancy , intensive care medicine , fetus , training (meteorology) , social psychology , psychology , genetics , physics , meteorology , biology
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.