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Reducing Perineum Injuries And Trauma During Vaginal Delivery, Joyce Elaine Pepple
Reducing Perineum Injuries And Trauma During Vaginal Delivery, Joyce Elaine Pepple
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Background: Perineal trauma and injury is extremely common during vaginal birth. Nurse-midwives and other obstetric providers should explore the most current literature for possible ways that perineal trauma and injury during vaginal birth can be avoided in patients. Purpose: To determine if hands-on perineum care, given by healthcare providers during labor and delivery, decreases perineal trauma and injury in women giving birth vaginally, compared with as opposed to women delivering vaginally who do not receive any hands-on perineum care. Results: Some hands-on techniques may improve perineal outcomes, but the hands-on techniques vary in effectiveness. The majority of providers currently prefer/use …