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Labouring in water:Authors' reply
BMJ 2004; 328 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.328.7442.768 (Published 25 March 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;328:768
- Elizabeth R Cluett, lecturer in midwifery (ec1@soton.ac.uk),
- Kathryn Getliffe, professor of nursing,
- Ruth M Pickering, senior lecturer in medical statistics,
- Nigel James St George Saunders, medical director
- Nightingale Building (67), University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ
- Medical Statistics Group, Health Care Research Unit (805), Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD
- Trust Management Office (Mail point 18), Southampton General Hospital
EDITOR—We defined active labour as regular painful contractions associated with full cervical effacement and a dilation of at least 3 cm. This excluded women in latent phase, who are more appropriately managed conservatively. We agree that inclusion of a conservative arm to the trial would have been desirable and …
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