Effectiveness of the Modified WHO Labour Care Guide to Detect Prolonged and Obstructed Labour Among Women Admitted at Eight Publicly Funded, Midwife-Led Community Health Facilities... by Mugyenyi GR, Tumuhimbise W, Atukunda EC, Tibaijuka L, Ngonzi J, Kayondo M, Kanyesigye M, Musimenta A, Yarine FT, Byamugisha JK

“…Godfrey R Mugyenyi,1,2 Wilson Tumuhimbise,3 Esther C Atukunda,2,4 Leevan Tibaijuka,1 Joseph Ngonzi,1 Musa Kayondo,1 Micheal Kanyesigye,2 Angella Musimenta,3 Fajardo T Yarine,1 Josaphat K Byamugisha5 1Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda; 2Support Mom’s Project, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda; 3Computing and Informatics Department, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda; 4Pharmacy department, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda; 5Obstetrics and Gynaecology department, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, UgandaCorrespondence: Godfrey R Mugyenyi, Email gmugyenyi@must.ac.ugBackground: Obstructed labour, a sequel of prolonged labour, remains a significant contributor to maternal and perinatal deaths in low resource settings.Objective: We evaluated the modified WHO labour care guide (LCG) in detecting prolonged/obstructed labour compared to the traditional partograph at publicly funded maternity centers in Southwestern Uganda.Methods: LCG was deployed to monitor labour by trained health care providers in 2023. …”
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