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Maternal positioning to correct occipito-posterior fetal position in labour: a randomised controlled trial

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, February 2014
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Title
Maternal positioning to correct occipito-posterior fetal position in labour: a randomised controlled trial
Published in
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, February 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2393-14-83
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Authors

Marie-Julia Guittier, Véronique Othenin-Girard, Olivier Irion, Michel Boulvain

Abstract

The occipito-posterior (OP) fetal head position during the first stage of labour occurs in 10-34% of cephalic presentations. Most will spontaneous rotate in anterior position before delivery, but 5-8% of all births will persist in OP position for the third stage of labour. Previous observations have shown that this can lead to an increase of complications, such as an abnormally long labour, maternal and fetal exhaustion, instrumental delivery, severe perineal tears, and emergency caesarean section. Usual care in the case of diagnosis of OP position is an expectant management. However, maternal postural techniques have been reported to promote the anterior position of the fetal head for delivery. A Cochrane review reported that these maternal positions are well accepted by women and reduce back pain. However, the low sample size of included studies did not allow concluding on their efficacy on delivery outcomes, particularly those related to persistent OP position. Our objective is to evaluate the efficacy of maternal position in the management of OP position during the first stage of labour.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Nigeria 1 <1%
Unknown 139 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 24 17%
Student > Bachelor 19 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 11%
Student > Postgraduate 14 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 6%
Other 19 14%
Unknown 39 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 40 29%
Nursing and Health Professions 35 25%
Psychology 7 5%
Social Sciences 3 2%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 1%
Other 11 8%
Unknown 42 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 August 2021.
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#5,635,702
of 22,745,803 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#1,435
of 4,172 outputs
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#53,235
of 223,227 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#54
of 118 outputs
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