Khalil, A., Mostafa, S., Mohamed, A. (2022). Revaluation of Paperless Partograph in the Management of Labor. Suez Canal University Medical Journal, 25(1), 35-41. doi: 10.21608/scumj.2022.204761
Abo Bakr Khalil; Sayed A Mostafa; Ayman D Mohamed. "Revaluation of Paperless Partograph in the Management of Labor". Suez Canal University Medical Journal, 25, 1, 2022, 35-41. doi: 10.21608/scumj.2022.204761
Khalil, A., Mostafa, S., Mohamed, A. (2022). 'Revaluation of Paperless Partograph in the Management of Labor', Suez Canal University Medical Journal, 25(1), pp. 35-41. doi: 10.21608/scumj.2022.204761
Khalil, A., Mostafa, S., Mohamed, A. Revaluation of Paperless Partograph in the Management of Labor. Suez Canal University Medical Journal, 2022; 25(1): 35-41. doi: 10.21608/scumj.2022.204761
Revaluation of Paperless Partograph in the Management of Labor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Women Health Hospital, Assuit University
Abstract
Background: The paperless partograph refers to monitoring progress of labor and reaching to an accurate decision for intervention to ensure safe delivery. It needs no graph paper, no extra time to do in comparison to routine partograph. Aim: to reevaluate effect of using paperless partograph on the management and outcome of labor at to prevent prolonged labor and its complications and improving quality of labor in Labor ward at women health hospital Assiut university. Subjects and Methods: The study was conducted from 1st March 2018 to last February 2019 on Women Health Hospital, Assiut University, Egypt, at reception (emergency) unit and it was prospective observational analytical study.Sample of 800 women who met the criteria of; gestational age from 37 to 42 weeks, singleton pregnancy and with cephalic presentation. The data were collected by using the paperless partograph model. Results: Mean age of the participants was 25.6 years and mean of gestational age 39.1weeks and 87% were multipara. Mean duration for delivery after Alert ETD was 3.5 ±2.1 hours in primigravida and 3.3 ±2.1 hours in multipara. Mean Apgar score of the new-born after 5 minutes was 9.4. Conclusion: Paperless partograph was found to be effective positively on the management and the outcome of labor.
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