Chapter-17 Physiology of the First Stage of Labor
BOOK TITLE: A Comprehensive Textbook of Midwifery & Gynecological Nursing
Author
1. Jacob Annamma
ISBN
9789351526384
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/12492_18
Edition
4/e
Publishing Year
2015
Pages
17
Author Affiliations
1.
Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College of Nursing, Bengaluru, India,
St. Philomina’s College of Nursing, Mother Theresa Road, Bengaluru,
College of Nursing, CMC Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu;,
LT College of Nursing, SNDT Womens’ University, Mumbai,
Al-Sabah Hospital, Ministry of Public Health, Kuwait,
Suburban Medical Center, Paramount, Southern California, USA,
Graduate School for Nurses BNE, SIB, CMAI,
Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College of Nursing, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Chapter keywords
Effacement,
Dilation of cervix,
Vertex presentation,
Latent phase,
Active phase,
Transition phase,
Impending labor,
Bloody show,
Fundal dominance,
Polarity,
Retraction
