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CPM Certified Professional Midwife

Category - Labor, Birth, and Immediate Postpartum

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A pregnant woman is suffering from prolonged labor. In terms of potential neonate injury, which of the following injuries is most likely to occur during birth to the baby?
  1. Soft tissue injury
  2. Nerve injury
  3. Visceral injury
  4. Bone fracture
Explanation
Answer: A - Soft tissue injury

Some soft tissue injuries include cephalohematoma, scalp injury, skin rupture, intracranial injury, and brachial plexus injury. Nerve damage can occur in fetal macrosomia; visceral damage may occur in case of abnormal presentation, and bone fracture can occur in manipulative delivery. In terms of bone injuries, clavicle, humerus or femur injury are among the most common.
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