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Mariana's clinical pearl is that the delivering clinician should be seated, carefully observe the delivery of the shoulders, and facilitate fetal shrugging by gently reducing the bisacromial diameter as the posterior shoulder transitions over the perineal body.

(7) The delivery of the posterior arm reduces the presenting fetal diameter from the larger bisacromial diameter to the smaller axillo acromial diameter.

Tackle the challenging shoulder dystocia emergency by practicing delivery of the posterior arm: successful delivery of the posterior arm may require finding and firmly grasping the fetal hand, wrist, and/or distal forearm

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