A double-blinded, randomized controlled trial of oxytocin at the beginning versus the end of the third stage of labor for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 72-76

  Huh, Warner K ^a   Chelmow, David ^a,b   Malone, Fergal D ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxytocin; Postpartum hemorrhage; Third stage of labor

Indexed keywords

CARBOPROST; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLERGOMETRINE; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344605687     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078095     Document Type: Article

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