Second Stage of Labor in Obese Patients: Calling for a New Definition
Tina Bui,
Kristina Roloff,
Guillermo Valenzuela
Abstract:Obesity is an epidemic worldwide with about half of the population being classified as overweight and obese. Second stage labor arrest may occur more commonly in patients with obesity, leading to a higher number of cesarean deliveries. Second stage arrest is diagnosed based on a fixed time frame without consideration of the total amount of expulsive forces exerted. The beginning of the second stage of labor is determined by an arbitrary parameter that depends on the timing intervals at which patients are exami… Show more
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