Obstetrics and gynecology
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Obstetrics and gynecology · Dec 2010
Multicenter StudyContemporary patterns of spontaneous labor with normal neonatal outcomes.
To use contemporary labor data to examine the labor patterns in a large, modern obstetric population in the United States. ⋯ In a large, contemporary population, the rate of cervical dilation accelerated after 6 cm, and progress from 4 cm to 6 cm was far slower than previously described. Allowing labor to continue for a longer period before 6 cm of cervical dilation may reduce the rate of intrapartum and subsequent repeat cesarean deliveries in the United States.