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From: Labour management guidelines for a Tanzanian referral hospital: The participatory development process and birth attendants’ perceptions

Fig. 3

The three parts of the PartoMa guidelines most appreciated by staff: (a) Management of abnormal foetal heart rate; (b) Management of poor progress in first stage of active labour (cervical dilatation ≥4 cm and regular painful contractions); (c) Management of hypertensive disorders. The graphics are based on the WHO partograph, and the star symbols (*) refer to recommendations further described on the page below in the guidelines. A full overview of the PartoMa guidelines is available in Additional file 2. ARM, artificial rupture of membranes; BP, blood pressure; bpm, beats per minute; CS, caesarean section; FHR, foetal heart rate; PV, vaginal examination; Temp, temperature. © 2015 The PartoMa Study, University of Copenhagen. All Rights Reserved

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