Is there an upper time limit for the management of the second stage of labor?

Editorial

Aaron B Caughey. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Oct.

. 2009 Oct;201(4):337-8.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.08.001.

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Comment in

Assessing second-stage progress.
Cohen WR, Schifrin BS. Cohen WR, et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Sep;203(3):e8; author reply e8-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.04.008. Epub 2010 Jul 23. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010. PMID: 20655507 No abstract available.

Second-stage labor duration in nulliparous women: relationship to maternal and perinatal outcomes.
Rouse DJ, Weiner SJ, Bloom SL, Varner MW, Spong CY, Ramin SM, Caritis SN, Peaceman AM, Sorokin Y, Sciscione A, Carpenter MW, Mercer BM, Thorp JM Jr, Malone FD, Harper M, Iams JD, Anderson GD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Rouse DJ, et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Oct;201(4):357.e1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.08.003. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009. PMID: 19788967 Free PMC article.
When to stop pushing: effects of duration of second-stage expulsion efforts on maternal and neonatal outcomes in nulliparous women with epidural analgesia.
Le Ray C, Audibert F, Goffinet F, Fraser W. Le Ray C, et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Oct;201(4):361.e1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.08.002. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009. PMID: 19788968 Clinical Trial.