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Also known as: failure to progress · cephalopelvic disproportion · obstructed labor
Labour that fails to progress despite good contractions because the fetus cannot pass through the pelvis — a major cause of maternal death and obstetric fistula if unrelieved. The partograph detects it early.
Cephalopelvic disproportion, malpresentation/malposition, a large baby, a contracted pelvis and grand multiparity; more likely where skilled birth care is limited.
Resuscitation and infection cover
Postpartum haemorrhage prevention
Caution: Do NOT give oxytocin to augment labour when obstruction is present (rupture risk).
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