Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, difficult parturition. Also
dystokia .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Difficult delivery pr parturition.
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- noun medicine, veterinary medicine A
slow ordifficult labour ordelivery .
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Examples
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Shoulder dystocia occurs when a baby's head is delivered through the vagina, but his shoulders get stuck inside the mother's body.
Recent Activity Bobbi74 2010
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Shoulder dystocia occurs when a baby's head is delivered through the vagina, but his shoulders get stuck inside the mother's body.
Recent Activity blowe 2010
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It goes without saying that the foaling should be attended if at all possible in order to recognize any problems during the delivery, such as dystocia (difficult birth) or premature separation of the placenta.
TheHorse.com News 2009
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Injuries happen when delivery teams don't act quickly enough to deal with sudden unexpected events like shoulder dystocia, which occurs when the baby's shoulder gets stuck behind the mother's pubic bone.
Delivering Results Laura Landro 2011
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Induced labor also is linked to: a higher incidence of vacuum or forceps-assisted vaginal delivery; problems in labor, including fever and shoulder dystocia when the baby's shoulder gets "stuck" in the birth canal; fluctuations in fetal heart rate; jaundice; and longer hospital stays.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Electively Induced Labor: Remember, For Babies' Sake, Every Week Counts M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Maternal Cesarean section for delivery due to the presence of a large SCT to avoid tumor rupture or dystocia (arrest of labor from too large a baby)
Sacrococcygeal Teratoma (SCT), Sacrococcygeal Tumor Treatment 2010
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Called shoulder dystocia, this is easily treated after birth.
You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010
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Your baby may have trouble breastfeeding and is three times more likely to die in the first year of life than a full-term baby.2 Elective inductions increase the use of medication, including epidurals, and also the incidence of non-reassuring fetal heart rate patterns, shoulder dystocia, instrument delivery, and cesareans.3
The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010
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Elective labor induction not only increases the use of analgesia and epidural anesthesia but also the incidence of nonreassuring fetal heart rate patterns, shoulder dystocia, instrument delivery, and cesarean surgery Goer et al., 2007.
The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010
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Babies born to obese women face a higher risk of death, stillbirth, congenital abnormality, shoulder dystocia – where a baby's shoulder becomes stuck during birth – and an increased likelihood of childhood obesity.
Mothers who lose weight before further pregnancy 'reduce risks' 2010
knitandpurl commented on the word dystocia
"Mrs. Purefoy's childbirth at the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street is a dystocia, or truly difficult labor. Almost as difficult as this chapter, said the Cicerone in the doorway to this white room of the House."
The House of Ulysses by Julián Ríos, translated by Nick Caistor, p 187
December 27, 2010