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JB02.4 category

Hypertonic, incoordinate, or prolonged uterine contractions

Definition

A condition affecting pregnant females that is idiopathic. This condition is characterised by uterine dysfunction leading to hypertonic, uncoordinated, and prolonged rhythmic activity of the myometrium during labour.

Exclusions

Also indexed as

Bandl's retraction ringBandl's ring dystociaContraction ring dystociaDyscoordinate labourHourglass uterine contractionHypertonic uterus dysfunction complicating deliveryHypertonic, incoordinate, or prolonged uterine contractionsIncoordinate uterine activityProlonged uterine contractions in labourTetanic contractions of uterusUterine dystocia NOScontraction ringhypertonic labourhypertonic uterine activityhypertonic uterine contractionhypertonic uterine dysfunctionincoordinate labourpathological retraction ringprolonged uterine contractionsretraction ringretraction ring dystociauterine hyperstimulationuterine hypertonusuterine incoordinationuterine polysystoleuterine retraction ring

Nearby in Abnormalities of forces of labour