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Shoulder Dystocia: Managing an Obstetric Emergency

https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2020/0715/p84.html

Shoulder dystocia is an obstetric emergency in which normal traction on the fetal head does not lead to delivery of the shoulders. This can cause neonatal brachial plexus injuries, hypoxia, and...

Shoulder Dystocia: Signs, Causes, Prevention

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22311-shoulder-dystocia

Shoulder dystocia occurs when your baby’s shoulder or shoulders get stuck behind your pubic bones during delivery. The following factors may cause shoulder dystocia: Fetal …

Shoulder dystocia: Maneuvers, management, …

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/shoulder-dystocia-manoeuvres-management-complications-and-more

Shoulder dystocia is relatively uncommon, occurring in 0.5% to 1% of vaginal deliveries. When the baby’s head is born for longer than a minute and the …

Management of Shoulder Dystocia | Healthline

https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/delivery-shoulder-dystocia

Shoulder Dystocia | ACOG

https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-bulletin/articles/2017/05/shoulder-dystocia

ABSTRACT: Shoulder dystocia is an unpredictable and unpreventable obstetric emergency that places the pregnant woman and fetus at risk of injury. Studies have …

Shoulder dystocia: prediction and management - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26901875/

Shoulder dystocia is a complication of vaginal delivery and the primary factor associated with brachial plexus injury. In this review, we discuss the risk factors for shoulder …

Shoulder Dystocia | Summary | Geeky Medics

https://geekymedics.com/shoulder-dystocia/

Shoulder dystocia is an obstetric emergency and occurs in about one in 150 vaginal births. If there is a delay to delivery, there is a risk of hypoxic brain injury for the baby. You might …

Labor and Delivery Unit Safety: Shoulder Dystocia

https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/labor-delivery-unit/tool-shoulder-dystocia.html

Purpose of the tool: This tool describes the key perinatal safety elements related to the safe management of a delivery complicated by a shoulder dystocia. The key elements are …

Shoulder dystocia: management and documentation

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24863024/

Management is based on performing maneuvers to alleviate this impaction. A number of protocols and training mnemonics have been developed to assist in managing shoulder …

Labor Dystocia: Symptoms, Prevalence, Risk Factors

https://www.verywellhealth.com/dystocia-5186378

Clinicians disagree on the characteristics of dystocia, and as such definitions vary. Other terms used for labor dystocia include difficult labor, dysfunctional labor, …