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intrapartum
/ ˌɪntrəˈpɑːtəm /
adjective
- med of or relating to childbirth or delivery
intrapartum care
Word History and Origins
Origin of intrapartum1
Example Sentences
Intrapartum care covers the start of labour up to the birth of a baby.
Maybe it would have worked in another age, if a birth attendant would have waited even longer or worried less about the baby; maybe it would work today if our tolerance for any intrapartum risk were higher.
Of more than 1 million singleton births in Scotland between 1985 and 2004, the researchers found 539 newborn deaths -- a rate of 0.05 percent -- with 273 deaths attributed to intrapartum anoxia.
Still, relative to infants born during the normal working day, those born during off-hours had a 70 percent greater chance of dying from intrapartum anoxia.
"Death of a baby due to anoxia in labor at term is seen as a measure of quality of intrapartum care," Smith explained.
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