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Optimizing the length of the second stage and management of pushing
Alison G Cahill1, George A Macones1
1Department of Women's Health, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School, Austin, TX.
Abstract:
Although the optimal length of the second stage of labor to minimize maternal and neonatal morbidities and optimize spontaneous vaginal delivery is not known, available evidence suggests that increasing length of the second stage is associated with increasing maternal and neonatal morbidity. Thus, evidence-based strategies to safely shorten the second stage, such as initiating pushing when complete dilation is reached among those with neuraxial anesthesia, is prudent. Many aspects of optimal management of the second stage of labor require future study to continue to guide clinical second-stage management.
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