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Does gentle assisted pushing or giving birth in the upright position reduce the duration of the second stage of labour? A three-arm, open-label, randomised controlled trial in South Africa

INTRODUCTION: Gentle assisted pushing (GAP) is an innovative method of applying gentle, steady pressure to a woman’s uterine fundus during second stage of labour. This randomised trial evaluated GAP in an upright position, compared with upright position alone or routine practice (recumbent posture)....

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Autores principales: Hofmeyr, G Justus, Vogel, Joshua P, Singata, Mandisa, Habib, Ndema Abu, Landoulsi, Sihem, Gülmezoglu, A Metin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6035507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29989055
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000906