Failure to Progress

Question 1

What is failure to progress in the first stage?

Answer 1

<2cm in 4 hours

Slowing of progression in a multiparous woman

Question 2

What is used to measure progress in the first stage?

Answer 2

Partogram

Question 3

What is failure to progress in the second stage?

Answer 3

> 2 hours in a nulliparous woman

> 1 hour in a multiparous woman

Question 4

What actions can be taken with failure to progress in the second stage?

Answer 4

Change position
Analgesia
Oxytocin
Instrumental delivery
Caesarean section

Question 5

What is failure to progress in the third stage?

Answer 5

> 30 mins active management

> 60 mins physiological management