OB/GYN Student Study Guide - School of Medicine

First: beginning of contractions to complete cervical dilation . Latent – to approx. 4 cm (or acceleration in dilation) Active – to 10 cm complete; prolonged if slower than 1.2 cm/hr null/1.5 cm/h multip; if prolonged, do amniotomy, start pitocin, place IUPC to evaluate contraction strength ................
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