Trial reportThe Journal of international medical research2020
Clinical effectiveness of position management and manual rotation of the fetal position with a U-shaped birth stool for vaginal delivery of a fetus in a persistent occiput posterior position.
Trial report in The Journal of international medical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Prophylactic manual rotation of the fetal head (manual rotation alone) to reduce operative delivery and complications for mother and babies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Narrative Nursing Combined with Thinking Map Health Education on Parturient Self-Efficacy and Neonatal Nursing Ability.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2022Trial
- A Mobilisation Protocol in the Management of Posterior Foetal Presentations: A Multicentre Observational Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Perinatal Outcomes and Level of Labour Difficulty in Deliveries with Right and Left Foetal Position-A Preliminary Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Knowledge and experience of midwives and gynecologists about manual rotation of persistent occiput posterior position.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the effects of position management, manual rotation of the fetal position, and using a U-shaped birth stool in primiparous women with a fetus in a persistent occiput posterior position.
methodsThis was a prospective pilot study of women who delivered at Gansu Provincial Maternity and Child-care Hospital between January and June 2018. The women were divided into the position management ([PM] position management, manual rotation of fetal position, use of a U-shaped birth stool at different stages, and routine nursing) and control groups (position selected by women and routine nursing).
resultsThere were 196 women in the PM group and 188 in the control group. There were no significant differences in maternal age, gestational weeks, newborn weight, and the neonatal asphyxia rate between the PM and control groups. The duration of labor was shorter in the PM group than in the control group. Pain and blood loss 2 hours after delivery and the episiotomy rate were significantly lower in the PM group than in the control group.
conclusionApplying position management, manual rotation of the fetal position, and using a U-shaped birth stool should be considered for women with a fetus in a persistent occiput posterior position.
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