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Should a paediatrician be present at non-rotational forceps deliveries?
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb03705.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 91, Issue 9, pages 899–900, September 1984
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GRAY, L. C. and GRANT, H. W. (1984), Should a paediatrician be present at non-rotational forceps deliveries?. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 91: 899–900. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb03705.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received 18 April 1983 Accepted 4 April 1984
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Summary. In a series of 500 consecutive deliveries there were 35 non-rotational forceps deliveries for delay in the second stage of labour. There was no statistically significant difference in the frequency of resuscitations in this group compared with that in 329 spontaneous vertex deliveries. It is concluded that a paediatrician need not be called routinely to these forceps deliveries when there is no evidence of fetal distress.