Carbetocin versus syntometrine for the third stage of labour following vaginal delivery - A double-blind randomised controlled trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1461-1466

  Su, L L ^a,b   Rauff, M ^a,b   Chan, Y H ^a   Mohamad Suphan, N ^b   Lau, T P ^b   Biswas, A ^a,b   Chong, Y S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Carbetocin; Postpartum haemorrhage; Syntometrine; Uterotonic agent

Indexed keywords

CARBETOCIN; DURATOCIN; ERGOMETRINE PLUS OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR STAGE 3; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RETCHING; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; UTERUS PAIN; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERGONOVINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70049085177     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02226.x     Document Type: Article

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