Dystocia - What does it mean?
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(medicine, veterinary medicine) A slow or difficult labour or delivery.
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(wikipedia dystocia)Noun
(en noun)page 256,
- In macaques, baboons and chimpanzees, dystocia' because of breech birth is the commonest category of fetal death.Breech ' dystocia is rarely a problem for mother or neonates in small, multitocus species like marmosets and tamarins.
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- Dystocia' is defined as difficult delivery. Pelvic '''dystocia''' is due to aberrations of the pelvic architecture and its relationship to the presenting fetal part.Fetal ' dystocia may be due to excessive fetal size from gestational diabetes or congenital anomalies.
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- Although fetal dystocias are sometimes relieved by manipulation and instrumentation, cesarean sections are often the only practical methods of treatment.
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- It is an appropriate way to allow resolution of the dystocia , after clearing the airway and checking for a nuchal cord.
- The prevailing thinking is that the time window in which to resolve a shoulder dystocia before asphyxial insult (not injury) is about 4 minutes.