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[Spirometry parameters of women in various positions of delivery]
P Buchacz1, T Zieliński, A Sipiński
1Katedry i Oddziału Klinicznego Połoznictwa i Ginekologii w Tychach, SAM.
Unlabelled:
Position in labour depends mostly on women's preferences, and is chosen instinctively in order to reduce labour pain. Between two different positions: vertical and horizontal, the first of them seems to guarantee more convenient gas exchange in maternal lungs.
Design:
To prove that the vertical position in labour increase spirometry parameters in comparison with horizontal one.
Methods:
Women were divided into two groups according to position in labour and spirometry examination were performed in second period of labour. Group I were composed of 17 women in vertical position whereas group II--19 women in horizontal one.
Results:
Whole of analysed spirometral parameters had higher values in group I (8.2%-17.1%), but the increase wasn't statistically significant (p < 0.05).