{"title":"Midwifery dilemma: to fast or feed the labouring woman Part I: the case for restricting oral intake in labour","authors":"Myra Parsons RN, RM, BHSc, PhD Candidate","doi":"10.1016/S1448-8272(03)80004-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper presents a literature review which pursues both sides of the labouring woman's oral intake debate — to fast or to feed the labouring woman. Part 1 provides an exploration of the phenomenon of gastric content aspiration associated with general anaesthesia and its historical and physiological underpinnings. Part 2 provides an examination of the literature concerning the benefits of fasting labouring women.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100149,"journal":{"name":"Australian Midwifery","volume":"16 4","pages":"Pages 7-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2003-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1448-8272(03)80004-4","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Australian Midwifery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1448827203800044","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper presents a literature review which pursues both sides of the labouring woman's oral intake debate — to fast or to feed the labouring woman. Part 1 provides an exploration of the phenomenon of gastric content aspiration associated with general anaesthesia and its historical and physiological underpinnings. Part 2 provides an examination of the literature concerning the benefits of fasting labouring women.