Shoulder Dystocia
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The High-Risk Newborn — Maternal Child Nursing Care▶ 4:55Oh, they absolutely doTheir size increases the risk for physical birth trauma things like shoulder dystocia and the nerve injuries that come with it, like…But metabolically, they are a major risk for immediate profound hypoglycemia, often because of maternal diabetes, which we'll get into laterIntrapartum Complications — Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing▶ 12:42macrosomia highly increases the risk of a true heart -stopping intrapartum emergencyShoulder dystociaYes, this is an urgent terrifying situation that requires a flawlessly coordinated team responseThe Woman With an Intrapartum Complication — Maternal-Child Nursing▶ 7:22And the risk there is that the head fits, but the shoulders don'tAnd this leads us to one of the scariest emergencies in obstetrics, shoulder dystociaOkay, let's spend a moment here because the text highlights this as a really urgent situation