Use of additional oxytocin to reduce blood loss at elective caesarean section A randomised control trial

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-39

  GÜngÖrdÜk, Kemal ^a   Asicioglu, Osman ^b   Celikkol, Ozgu ^b   Olgac, Yusuf ^b   Ark, Cemal ^b  

^a Erzincan Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Istanbul Bakirkoy Women and Children Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Caesarean section; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBOS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049106337     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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