3 Complications of L&D Passageway
3 Complications of L&D Passageway
3 Complications of L&D Passageway
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AND DE L I V E RY :
PA SS A G E W A Y
MAINE DAL E B . ROB L ES
PREPARED BY: CHAR
COMPONENTS OF LABOR (5 P’S)
•POWER (UTERINE CONTRACTION AND BEARING DOWN EFFORTS)
•PASSENGER (THE FETUS)
•PASSAGEWAY (THE PELVIS)
•PLACENTAL POSITION AND FUNCTIONS
•PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSE
CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION
•3 RD
REASON OF DYSTOCIA:
• CONTRACTION OR NARROWING OF THE PASSAGEWAY OR BIRTH CANAL
•NARROWING CAUSES CPD
CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION
•NARROWING OF:
•ANTEROPOSTERIOR DIAMETER OF THE PELVIS TO LESS
THAN 11 CM
•TRANSVERSE DIAMETER TO LESS THAN 12 CM
INLET CONTRACTION
•RICKETS
•CAUSED BY LACK OF CALCIUM
•RARE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
INLET CONTRACTION
•PRIMIGRAVIDA
• FETAL HEAD NORMALLY ENGAGES BETWEEN WEEKS 36 TO 38 OF
PREGNANCY
• IF ENGAGEMENT DOES NOT OCCUR IN PRIMI, THE FOLLOWING ARE
SUSPECTED:
• FETAL ABNORMALITY: LARGER THAN USUAL HEAD
• PELVIC ABNORMALITY: SMALLER THAN USUAL PELVIS
INLET CONTRACTION
•MULTIGRAVIDA
• ENGAGEMENT: WHEN LABOR BEGINS
• PREVIOUS VAGINAL BIRTH OF FULL TERM W/O PROBLEM PROOF THAT
BIRTH CANAL IS ADEQUATE
INLET CONTRACTION
•OBSTERICAL FORCEP
FORCEPS BIRTH