Intraumbilical Oxytocin Versus Placental Cord Drainage in the Management of 3rd Stage of Labor

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2018-01-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of intraumbilical oxytocin and placental cord drainage in the management of third stage of labor.

Does the use of intraumbilical vein oxytocin injection or the use of Placental cord drainage can cause a reduction of blood loss, Hb level drop, the length of the third stage of labor and the incidence of manual removal of the retained placenta during the third stage of labor in pregnant women after delivery of the infant?

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Eslam Mohammed Abbas
• Treatments: Oxytocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women between 18-35 years of age with normal pregnancy.

• A singleton fetus at a gestational age of 37 - 42 weeks in a cephalic presentation.

• Neonatal birth weight of 2500 to 4500 grams.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Medical disorders and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

• Intrauterine fetal death.

• Known or suspected fetal anomalies.

• Oxytocin induction or augmented cases.

• Obstetrical complications (bleeding, premature rupture of membranes).

• Previous CS or Previous Myomectomy.