Management of prolonged first stage of labour in a low-resource setting: lessons learnt from rural Malawi

• Egile Nagusiak: Wouter Bakker (Egilea), Elisabeth van Dorp (Egilea), Misheck Kazembe (Egilea), Alfred Nkotola (Egilea), Jos van Roosmalen (Egilea), Thomas van den Akker (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Caesarean sections without medical indication cause substantial maternal and perinatal ill-health, particularly in low-income countries where surgery is often less safe. In presence of adequate labour monitoring and by appropriate use of evidence-based interventions for prolonged...