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From: "ddevane" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:57 AM
Subject: Onset of labour
> Dear all,
>
> A quick query, what criteria for the diagnosis of the onset of labour are
> midwives using? I realise that labour is an individual process and cannot
> be predetermined but I repeatedly hear that the diagnosis of labour is one
> of the most important aspects of care as if made erroneously unnecessary
> interventions may quickly follow. Are most using the WHO paper defining
> active labour as beginning at 3 cm dilation with regular uterine activity?
> Thanks
>
>
> Declan
>
> Declan Devane,
> Doctoral Student,
> School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies,
> University of Dublin Trinity College,
> Trinity Centre for Health Sciences Education,
> St. James's Hospital,
> Dublin 8.
> Tel: 087 659 6923
> Email: [log in to unmask]
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