Ideal Time of Oxytocin Infusion During Cesarean Section

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2020-02-24
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This study will evaluate if the timing of oxytocin administration in cesarean deliveries will affect the amount of maternal blood loss. Half of participants will receive oxytocin after delivery of the fetal anterior shoulder and the other half will receive oxytocin after delivery of the placenta. We hypothesize that administering oxytocin after delivery of the shoulder, will result in less overall maternal blood loss.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Loyola University
• Treatments: Oxytocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women undergoing cesarean section at Loyola Hospital

• Women who read and speak the English and/or Spanish language

• Women age 18 or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women who deliver vaginally

• Gestation under 37 weeks and 0 days

• Women with coagulopathies

• Multiple gestation pregnancies

• Antepartum hemorrhage for example abruption

• Placental abnormalities for example previa, accreta