Applying a physiologic partograph to Consortium on Safe Labor data to identify opportunities for safely decreasing cesarean births among nulliparous women.

Jeremy L NealNancy K LoweAaron B CaugheyKelly A BennettEllen L TildenNicole S Carlson Julia C PhillippiMary S Dietrich

Published in: Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) (2018)

Adoption of evidence-based, standardized approaches for diagnosing active labor onset, assessing labor progress, and diagnosing dystocia may safely decrease oxytocin augmentation and cesarean birth rates in the United States.

Keyphrases

big data
gestational age
pregnancy outcomes
electronic health record
type diabetes
pregnant women
soft tissue
metabolic syndrome