"Labor, Obstetric" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The repetitive uterine contraction during childbirth which is associated with the progressive dilation of the uterine cervix (CERVIX UTERI). Successful labor results in the expulsion of the FETUS and PLACENTA. Obstetric labor can be spontaneous or induced (LABOR, INDUCED).
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D007743
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.784.769.326
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Labor, Obstetric" by people in Profiles.
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Delafield R, Elia J, Chang A, Kaneshiro B, Sentell T, Pirkle CM. Perspectives and Experiences of Obstetricians Who Provide Labor and Delivery Care for Micronesian Women in Hawai'i: What Is Driving Cesarean Delivery Rates? Qual Health Res. 2020 12; 30(14):2291-2302.
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Milla C, Guo M, Chang A, Chen N, Miyamura J, Sentell T. Patient Perspectives in Comparing Hospitals for Childbirth: Insights from Hawai'i. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2019 03; 78(3):89-97.
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Amaya KE, Matushewski B, Durosier LD, Frasch MG, Richardson BS, Ross MG. Accelerated acidosis in response to variable fetal heart rate decelerations in chronically hypoxic ovine fetuses. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Feb; 214(2):270.e1-270.e8.
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Ross MG, Amaya K. Terminal fetal heart rate decelerations and neonatal outcomes. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Apr; 123(4):886-7.
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Frasch MG, Keen AE, Gagnon R, Ross MG, Richardson BS. Monitoring fetal electrocortical activity during labour for predicting worsening acidemia: a prospective study in the ovine fetus near term. PLoS One. 2011; 6(7):e22100.
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Ross MG. Labor and fetal heart rate decelerations: relation to fetal metabolic acidosis. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Mar; 54(1):74-82.
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Harirah H, Thota C, Wentz MJ, Zaman W, Al-Hendy A. Elevated expression of catechol-O-methyltransferase is associated with labor and increased prostaglandin E(2) production by human fetal membranes. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Nov; 201(5):496.e1-7.
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Chauhan SP, Klauser CK, Woodring TC, Sanderson M, Magann EF, Morrison JC. Intrapartum nonreassuring fetal heart rate tracing and prediction of adverse outcomes: interobserver variability. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Dec; 199(6):623.e1-5.
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Chauhan SP, Justice L, Sanderson M, Davis D, Watkins M, Morrison JC. Primary cesarean delivery among uncomplicated term nulliparous parturients: the influence of group practice within a community hospital. Am J Perinatol. 2008 Feb; 25(2):119-23.
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Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Gotsch F, Mittal P, Than NG, Nhan-Chang CL, Hamill N, Vaisbuch E, Chaiworapongsa T, Edwin SS, Nien JK, Gomez R, Espinoza J, Kendal-Wright C, Hassan SS, Bryant-Greenwood G. Visfatin/Pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor in amniotic fluid in normal pregnancy, spontaneous labor at term, preterm labor and prelabor rupture of membranes: an association with subclinical intrauterine infection in preterm parturition. J Perinat Med. 2008; 36(6):485-96.