NCT02495272

Postpartum Uterotonic Administration

The Effect of the Timing of Uterotonic Administration in the Third Stage of Labour on Postpartum Hemorrhage

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 330 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators are planning to determine the effect of the timing of oxytocin administration on the amount of blood loss, necessity for additional medical or surgical interventions.

Detailed description

The investigators are studying the effects of the timing of intramuscular oxytocin administration in the third stage of labour. The investigators are measuring the postpartum blood loss: quantitatively in the postpartum 1st hour and indirectly by the decrease in the hemoglobin-haematocrit levels in the postpartum 24th hour. The investigators are monitoring the length of the third stage of labour, and the need for extra uterotonics and/or surgical interventions.

Conditions

• Postpartum Bleeding

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Oxytocin	Oxytocin 10IU Administered intramuscularly.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2015-07-13
• Last updated: 2015-07-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)