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Management of Normal and Abnormal Labour

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Labour and its management constitute one of the most important elements of obstetrics and the prevention of maternal and/or perinatal morbidity and mortality. In practice, while it is important to avoid meddlesome obstetrics, well-timed and correctly deployed obstetric interventions are unarguably lifesaving. Modern day obstetric practice is therefore about achieving and maintaining that safe balance between a hands-off approach which avoids meddlesomeness, and outright interventionism. Building from a rich historical perspective, this chapter explores the various modern approaches to labour management and provides a detailed analysis of the current best available evidence on the subjects of active management of labour, the partograph, as well as the identification and management of abnormal labour.

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Badejoko, O., Onwudiegwu, U. (2021). Management of Normal and Abnormal Labour. In: Okonofua, F., Balogun, J.A., Odunsi, K., Chilaka, V.N. (eds) Contemporary Obstetrics and Gynecology for Developing Countries . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75385-6_12

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