Table 3 |
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Actual practice in four hospitals in China. Procedures are categorised into "avoid as routine" or "encourage as routine" through reference to research evidence from Cochrane Systematic Reviews |
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Specialist |
City MCH |
District |
County |
Total |
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Vaginal deliveries (women) |
75 |
82 |
41 |
105 |
303 |
|
Avoid as routine |
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Pubic shaving (%) |
0 (0) |
82 (100) |
39 (95) |
98 (93) |
219 (72) |
|
Enemas |
1 (1) |
1 (1) |
22 (54) |
0 (0) |
24 (8) |
|
Rectal examination |
71 (95) |
0 (0) |
39 (95) |
103 (98) |
213 (70) |
|
Supine position |
75 (100) |
82 (100) |
41 (100) |
102 (97) |
300 (99) |
|
Electronic FHR |
75 (100) |
76 (93) |
37 (90) |
1 (1) |
189 (62) |
|
monitoring |
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Episiotomy |
70 (93) |
74 (90) |
36 (88) |
68 (65) |
248 (82) |
|
Encourage as routine |
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Mobility during labour |
27 (36) |
19 (23) |
23 (56) |
8 (8) |
77 (25) |
|
Companionship during |
6 (8) |
30 (36) |
38 (93) |
8 (8) |
82 (27) |
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labour |
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Qian et al. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2001 1:1 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-1-1 |
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