forceps delivery

collocation in English

meaningsofforcepsanddelivery

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forceps
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈfɔː.seps/us
/ˈfɔːr.seps/
a metal instrument with two handles used in medical operations for picking up, pulling, and ...
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delivery
noun
uk
/dɪˈlɪv.ər.i/us
/dɪˈlɪv.ɚ.i/
the act of taking goods, letters, parcels, etc. to people's houses or places ...
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(Definition offorcepsanddeliveryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It relates to the use of general anaesthesia with instrumental deliveries (caesarean section and forceps deliveries) only.
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Forceps deliveries have not been shown to be associated with the development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children.
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Such procedures include a trial offorcepsdelivery(mid-cavity rotation), outlet forceps or vacuum extraction.
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Cephalhaematomas and subgaleal haemorrhages occur more frequently with the vacuum extractor, but other injuries to the head are more common afterforcepsdelivery.
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He said that he would try aforcepsdelivery.
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I am told also thatforcepsdeliveryunder the valley maternity scheme is half the rate of the traditional scheme and use of epidurals and pethidine is substantially lower.
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The diastasis could be the result of a rapid birth or aforcepsdeliveryor maybe even be prenatal.
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It is an alternative to aforcepsdeliveryand caesarean section.
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He also believed that mechanical intervention (such asforcepsdelivery) could prevent the poor outcomes that sometimes resulted from childbirth in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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It relates to the use of general anaesthesia with instrumental deliveries (caesarean section and forceps deliveries) only.
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In the 1990s, 40 per cent of forceps deliveries were carried out by young doctors who had done fewer than 20 such deliveries before.
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Forceps deliveries have not been shown to be associated with the development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children.
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