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19.6 Complications Related to Labor and Delivery

Complications related to labor and delivery are a major cause of maternal death and cause a pregnancy to be classified as high risk. Examples of common labor and delivery complications include prolonged labor (dystocia), cord prolapse, shoulder dystocia, and breech delivery (fetal malpresentation).

Review information about common labor and delivery complications in the “Complications Associated With Labor” and “Complications and Medical Interventions During the Second Stage of Labor” sections of the “Labor and Delivery Care” chapter.

Review information about shoulder dystocia under the “Postpartum Hemorrhage” subsection of the “Hemorrhage” section.

View a supplementary YouTube video[1] summarizing common conditions related to abnormal labor: Topic 22: Abnormal Labor

  1. Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO). (2015, September 9). Topic 22: Abnormal labor [Video]. YouTube. All rights reserved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHdausjbBz4 ↵

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