Can ultrasound on admission in active labor predict labor duration and a spontaneous delivery?

• Published in: American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
• Main Authors: Hjartardóttir, Hulda, Lund, Sigrún Helga, Benediktsdóttir, Sigurlaug, Geirsson, Reynir T, Eggebø, Torbjørn M.
• Other Authors: Women's and Childrens's Services, Faculty of Physical Sciences, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Fæðinga- og kvensjúkdómafræði; angle of progression; delivery time; fetal head station; head-perineum distance; labor; transperineal ultrasound; Ómskoðun; Fæðing; Ultrasonography; Prenatal; Labor Presentation; Meier; Reykjavík; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2589; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/3605; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajogmf.2021.100383

Background: Identifying predictive factors for a normal outcome at admission in the labor ward would be of value for planning labor care, timing interventions, and preventing labor dystocia. Clinical assessments of fetal head station and position at the start of labor have some predictive value, but...