Cooling the Uterus in C-section After Dysfunctional Labor

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2018-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The objective of the study is to demonstrate whether cooling the uterine smooth muscle during cesarean section (following delivery of the fetus) will promote better uterine contraction and involution resulting in lower blood loss, use of fewer uterotonic medications, and fewer hysterectomies following cesarean section for dysfunctional labor.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Baylor Research Institute
• Treatments: Oxytocin

Criteria

Inclusion criteria:

• pregnant women of any age

• gravidity and gestational duration who present for cesarean section and who have given informed consent to be in the study.

Exclusion criteria:

• Women who refuse to be in the study

• women who are unable to consent due to emergent nature of the cesarean section

• women who are unable to understand the nature of the study due to mental illness, mental retardation, medical condition, or other communication barrier will be excluded.