Birth China - Clinical Challenges in Labor and Delivery 2016

Birth China - Clinical Challenges in Labor and Delivery 2016 is a conference dedicated to daily challenges that obstetricians, midwives, anesthesiologists, and nursing staff face in clinical practice.

Key Topics

• The physiology of labor/labor disorders
• Normal labor progress: do the traditional definitions apply?
• New methods for the assessment of labor progress
• An ultrasound "admission test" for the Labor and Delivery unit
• Does early administration of oxytocin improve the outcome of labor?
• The role of ultrasound in the second stage of labor
• Postpartum hemorrhage
• Shoulder dystocia
• Umbilical cord pH and blood gases
• Nomenclature of fetal heart rate abnormalities/ST segment evaluation
• Cesarean section upon request
• Surgical technique for Cesarean delivery (peritoneum, uterine closure, skin closure, etc.)
• Preterm labor: tocolysis/repeat steroids/magnesium/progestogens
• Induction of labor
• Trial of labor in women with a prior Cesarean delivery
• GBS prophylaxis/antibiotics before Cesarean delivery
• Delivery in the 2nd stage (forceps, vacuum and the Odon device)
• Amniotic fluid embolism

Who should Attend

• Midwives
• Obstetricians
• Nursing staff
• Anesthesiologists
• Residents