Association Between Fluid Administration, Oxytocin Administration, and Fetal Heart Rate Changes
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Fetal heart rate patterns are an important parameter in the diagnosis of non-reassuring fetal
status. Combined-spinal epidural analgesia is a method of initiating labor analgesia used by
approximately 90% of the parturients at Prentice Women's Hospital. Optimizing the variables
which could affect fetal heart rate patterns at the time of initiation of analgesia, such as
fluid administration and oxytocin management, could help us provide better care for our
patients and their fetuses.
Hypotheses: Patients who receive a 1000 mL fluid bolus and lower rates of oxytocin
administration will have fewer non-reassuring fetal heart rate (FHR) changes.