Highlights the urgent need to review practice guidelines for managing shoulder dystocia to reduce avoidable intrapartum deaths and associated litigation.
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Urgent shoulder dystocia guideline revision is needed to reduce intrapartum deaths; extends multidisciplinary consensus on perinatal safety.
Pat McGeown (2001) conducted a review in Shoulder dystocia. Practice guidelines for managing shoulder dystocia was evaluated. A multidisciplinary perinatal forum highlighted the urgent need to review practice guidelines for managing shoulder dystocia, which is responsible for up to 8% of intrapartum deaths.
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