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Third stage of labor

Ethiopia

• Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
  • Guideline on Active Third Stage of Labor

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Umbilical vein injection for management of retained placenta
  • Tocolysis for management of retained placenta
  • Prophylactic syntometrine versus oxytocin for delivery of the placenta
  • Prophylactic oxytocin for the third stage of labour
  • Placental cord drainage after spontaneous vaginal delivery as part of the management of the third stage of labour
  • Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping of term infants on maternal and neonatal outcomes

• Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
  • Active Management of Third Stage of Labour: A Clinical Tutorial [2008]
  • Global Survey on Management of the Third Stage of Labor Reports [2006]

New Zealand

• New Zealand College of Midwives
  • The Third Stage of Labour [2006]

South Africa

• Maternal Care Manual - Perinatal Education Programme
  • The third stage of labour [2006]

United Kingdom

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Dose of prophylactic postnatal syntocinon in women with raised BMI - query bank [2012]
  • Delayed cord clamping and acid-base assessment - query bank [2011]
  • Clamping of the umbilical cord and placental transfusion [2009]

WHO

• WHO Reproductive Health Library
  • Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping of term infants on maternal and neonatal outcomes [2009]
  • Choice of uterotonic agents in the active management of the third stage of labour [2009]
  • Active versus expectant management in the third stage of labour [2009]
  • Early versus delayed umbilical cord clamping in preterm infants [2006]
  • Umbilical vein injection for management of retained placenta [2002]

Articles in journals

• American Family Physician
  • Should Active Management of the Third Stage of Labor Be Routine? [2003]

• BMC Medical Research Methodology
  • The reporting of methods for reducing and detecting bias: an example from the WHO Misoprostol Third Stage of Labour equivalence randomised controlled trial [2003]

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Use of active management of the third stage of labour in seven developing countries [2009]
  • International survey on variations in practice of the management of the third stage of labour [2003]

• JAMA - The Journal of the American Medical Association
  • Late vs Early Clamping of the Umbilical Cord in Full-term Neonates: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Controlled Trials [2007]

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