Postpartum Vaginal Blood Loss following Two Different Methods of Cervical Ripening
| Autor: | Okon Asuquo Okon, John Egede Ekabua |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Obstetrics and Gynecology International, Vol 2017 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1687-9589 1687-9597 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2017/1678265 |
| Popis: | Eighty women undergoing induction of labor at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital were recruited and randomly allocated into two treatment groups (40 each), to receive either serial 50 µg doses of misoprostol or intracervical Foley catheter. Vaginal blood loss was collected and measured using an under buttocks plastic collection bag and by perineal pad weighing up to 6 hours postpartum. There were no significant differences between the two groups with respect to sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics. Comparison of blood loss in vaginal deliveries between the two groups revealed that subjects in the misoprostol group had significantly higher blood loss than subjects in the Foley catheter group (488 ± 222 versus 326 ± 106, p |
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