Meanings of cephalic presentation in English

This review concentrates exclusively on women whose fetuses have a cephalic presentation.

After amnioinfusion, all six patients were converted to cephalic presentation and delivered normally, without obstetric or neonatal complications.

Participants were healthy, nulliparous, consenting women with a singleton pregnancy in cephalic presentation where vaginal birth was anticipated.

Women with a singleton term pregnancy in cephalic presentation, intact membranes, unfavourable cervix, and no prior caesarean section were enrolled.

Design: Longitudinal study on a convenient sample of women in spontaneous labour with a singleton pregnancy in cephalic presentation at term.

Types of participants included pregnant women planning to have a spontaneous vaginal birth at term with a singleton in a cephalic presentation.

Methods: This was a prospective observational study that included women with a singleton pregnancy of ≥ 37 weeks' gestation, in cephalic presentation requiring vacuum extraction.

Further trials of X-ray pelvimetry in cephalic presentations would be of value if large enough to assess the effect on perinatal mortality.