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Dear Katrina,
It seems that almost everyone does suction at the
peri with mec. liq. but the resarch does not support this routine
procedure.
Regards,
Anne Clarke
Brisbane
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Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:23
PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Castor
oil
Hi Anne
Are these articles on Cochrane? I had a lady the
other day I was supporting and helping birth, and there was mec liquor, thin,
but wen to thick right at the end, and the midwife I was working with
suctioned at the peri, I had no idea it was not the thing to
do....
Thanks
Katrina
On 16/02/2005, at 3:13 PM, Anne Clarke
wrote:
Mec. liq. is not the end of
the world, especially if the mother is overdue and there is no signs of
fetal distress. Depending on your workplace the mother needs to
negotiate for intermittent electronic fetal monitoring (if you have to
do it at all) and no suction of the baby at birth as the evidence does not
support this procedure if done purely to reduce mec. aspriation.
If a baby is going to have mec. aspiration suctioning of the oro-nasal
pharynx is not going to help and doesn't reduce the risk.
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