ICD·index Chapters ENESDE
JB03.1 category

Prolonged second stage of labour

Definition

The fetus has not been delivered after the cervix has become fully dilated within 2 hours for a primipara, or 1 hour for a multipara. Presence of regional anaesthesia will add 1 hour.

Also indexed as

Arrest of descent during second stage of labourProlonged second stage of labourlong labour, second stagelong second stage of deliveryprolonged or protracted second stage of labourprolonged second stage of delivery

Nearby in Long labour