Birth China - Clinical Challenges in Labor and Delivery 2016 is a conference dedicated to daily challenges that obstetricians, midwives, anesthesiologists, and nursing staff face in clinical practice.
Topics
- The physiology of labor/labor disorders
- Normal labor progress: do the traditional definitions apply?
- New methods for the assessment of labor progress
- An ultrasound "admission test" for the Labor and Delivery unit
- Does early administration of oxytocin improve the outcome of labor?
- The role of ultrasound in the second stage of labor
- Postpartum hemorrhage
- Shoulder dystocia
- Umbilical cord pH and blood gases
- Nomenclature of fetal heart rate abnormalities/ST segment evaluation
- Cesarean section upon request
- Surgical technique for Cesarean delivery (peritoneum, uterine closure, skin closure, etc.)
- Preterm labor: tocolysis/repeat steroids/magnesium/progestogens
- Induction of labor
- Trial of labor in women with a prior Cesarean delivery
- GBS prophylaxis/antibiotics before Cesarean delivery
- Delivery in the 2nd stage (forceps, vacuum and the Odon device)
- Amniotic fluid embolism
Who should Attend
- Midwives
- Obstetricians
- Nursing staff
- Anesthesiologists
- Residents
