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Chapter 19 - Shoulder Dystocia

from Section 2 - Labor and Delivery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2023

By
Amira El-Messidi  and
Robert Gagnon
Edited by
Amira El-Messidi  and
Alan D. Cameron
Amira El-Messidi
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Alan D. Cameron
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Summary

You are covering an obstetrics clinic for your colleague who left for vacation. A 30-year-old G2P1 at 37+2 weeks’ gestation by first-trimester sonogram presents for a prenatal visit. Screening tests revealed a male fetus with a low risk of aneuploidy and a normal second-trimester morphology sonogram. Maternal investigations were unremarkable in the first trimester. Your colleague’s note from a second-trimester prenatal visit details the counseling provided with regard to prior shoulder dystocia; a recent note indicates the intent to review management during this visit.

Keywords

Shoulder dystociaRisk factorsDefinitionsUmbilical arterial blood analysisCounsellingComplicationsKlumpke’s palsyErb’s palsyManagementDelivery maneuversDocumentation, checklist
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OSCEs in Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine
An Evidence-Based Approach
 , pp. 263 - 273
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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