Template:Emergency delivery DDX

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Emergency delivery and related complications

During delivery

  • Prolapsed cord
    • Do NOT attempt to reduce instead, elevate the presenting fetal part to reduce compression and transport to OR[1]
  • Breech presentation
    • Try to let the delivery occur spontaneously without touching the fetus[2]
  • Shoulder dystocia
  1. ↑ Holbrook BD. Umbilical cord prolapse. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2013 Mar;40(1):1-14.
  2. ↑ Mercado J. Critical obstetric and gynecologic procedures in the emergency department. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2013 Feb;31(1):207-36.
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