Oxytocin versus no treatment or delayed treatment for slow progress in the first stage of spontaneous labour

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Bugg, George J ^a   Siddiqui, Farah ^b   Thornton, Jim G ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

APGAR SCORE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG USE; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR STAGE 1; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; META ANALYSIS; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL DEATH; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; DELIVERY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WATCHFUL WAITING;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84891669943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007123.pub3     Document Type: Review

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