The effectiveness of intravenous calcium chloride in addition to oxytocin versus oxytocin alone in minimizing blood loss during birth by cesarean section.
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/09/057657
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Patna
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Pregnant patients undergoing caesarean section in spinal anaesthesia will be included in the study.
- Patients in labor.
- Patients receiving an oxytocin infusion for labor augmentation prior to caesarean.
- Uncomplicated, singleton pregnancy
- ASA class 1 & 2.
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients with multiple pregnancies
- Complicated pregnancies
- Underlying cardiac condition or history of arrhythmia.
- Contraindication to spinal anaesthesia.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To measure the total estimated blood loss (EBL) in intraoperative period after the intravenous calcium chloride and 7.5U/h oxytocin infusion and 7.5 U/h of oxytocin alone during caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia.Timepoint: Intraoperative period
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Adequacy of uterine tone. <br/ ><br>- Need for additional uterotonics. <br/ ><br>- Incidence of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). <br/ ><br>- Any calcium chloride-related side effects for example: arrhythmia, bradycardia, hypotension, nausea, vomiting, chest pain. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Intraaoperative period