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Intrapartum care: management and delivery of care to women in labour

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The advice in the NICE guideline covers: healthy women who are giving birth at 37-42 weeks (known as 'term'). It does not specifically look at women who are giving birth before 37 weeks whose unborn baby is not growing properly who have conditions such as pre-eclampsia (high blood ...

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This guideline is an update of the Electronic fetal monitoring (Guideline C) issued in May 2001 and a partial update of Induction of labour (Guideline D) issued in June 2001


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Expected review date: September 2010

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Clinical guidelines CG55

Issued: September 2007

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