"Labor, Obstetric" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The repetitive uterine contraction during childbirth which is associated with the progressive dilation of the uterine cervix (CERVIX UTERI). Successful labor results in the expulsion of the FETUS and PLACENTA. Obstetric labor can be spontaneous or induced (LABOR, INDUCED).
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D007743
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MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.784.769.326
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1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Labor, Obstetric" by people in Profiles.
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Accelerated acidosis in response to variable fetal heart rate decelerations in chronically hypoxic ovine fetuses. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Feb; 214(2):270.e1-270.e8.
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Terminal fetal heart rate decelerations and neonatal outcomes. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Apr; 123(4):886-7.
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Monitoring fetal electrocortical activity during labour for predicting worsening acidemia: a prospective study in the ovine fetus near term. PLoS One. 2011; 6(7):e22100.
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Labor and fetal heart rate decelerations: relation to fetal metabolic acidosis. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Mar; 54(1):74-82.
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Use of umbilical artery base excess: algorithm for the timing of hypoxic injury. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Jul; 187(1):1-9.
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Intrapartum screen for diabetes in patients without prenatal care: use of labor admission serum glucose. J Matern Fetal Med. 2000 Jul-Aug; 9(4):216-8.
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Influence of fetal to neonatal transition on nitric oxide synthase expression in the nucleus tractus solitarius in sheep. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 1999 Dec 10; 118(1-2):119-27.
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Amniotic fluid index predicts the relief of variable decelerations after amnioinfusion bolus. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1996 Oct; 175(4 Pt 1):1066-7.
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Artifactually elevated basal uterine tonus resulting from measurement of hydrostatic pressure by transducer-tipped intrauterine catheters. J Perinatol. 1994 Sep-Oct; 14(5):408-10.
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The effect of a full bladder on labor. Obstet Gynecol. 1983 Sep; 62(3):319-23.