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Table 1 Interventions to prevent intrapartum stillbirth reviewed in this paper

From: Reducing stillbirths: interventions during labour

   • Instrumental delivery (vacuum and forceps-assisted)

   • Emergency obstetric care, including Caesarean section

   • Induction of labour versus expectant management

   • Drugs for cervical ripening and induction of labour

   • Planned Caesarean section for breech presentation

   • Magnesium sulphate for treatment of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia or pre-term labour

   • Maternal hyperoxygenation for suspected impaired fetal growth

   • Amnioinfusion

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

ISSN: 1471-2393

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