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Effect of combination of Oxytocin and Misoprostol and Oxytocin alone in third stage of labor of emergency caesarean delivery

Phase 3
Conditions
Health Condition 1: O720- Third-stage hemorrhage
Registration Number
CTRI/2024/03/064554
Lead Sponsor
Jawaharlal Institute of Medical Education and Research
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. Pregnant women = 18 years of age

2. Gestational age =37 weeks to 42 weeks

3. Following singleton emergency lower segment caesarean

delivery

4. Under regional anaesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

1. Antepartum haemorrhage

2. Pre-existing bleeding disorders

3. Coagulation disorders

4. Fever (greater than 38degree C)

5. Acute Gastroenteritis

6. Known hypersensitivity to Oxytocin or Misoprostol

7. Distressed due to labour pains to give informed consent

8. Liver and Renal Impairment

9. Severe Anaemia

10. On Steroid therapy

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Blood loss in ml- intraoperative and postoperative at 1 hour or 2 hours (if <br/ ><br>bleeding continues beyond one hour)Timepoint: Blood loss in ml- intraoperative and postoperative at 1 hour or 2 hours (if <br/ ><br>bleeding continues beyond one hour)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Need for additional uterotonics <br/ ><br>2. Uterine massage, bimanual uterine compression <br/ ><br>3. Duration of the third stage of labour (in minutes) <br/ ><br>4. Surgical intervention (Balloon tamponade or compression sutures or stepwise pelvic devascularization or peripartum hysterectomy) <br/ ><br>5. Blood transfusion <br/ ><br>6. Severe maternal morbidity like ICU admission, Shock (shock index greater than or equal to 0.9) <br/ ><br>7. Retained placenta requiring manual removal of placenta <br/ ><br>8. Change in haemoglobin level (Predelivery-24 hours postpartum) (g per dl) <br/ ><br>9. Hypotension <br/ ><br>10. Nausea and vomiting <br/ ><br>11. Fever (greater than or equal to 38 degree C) <br/ ><br>12. Shivering <br/ ><br>13. Abdominal pain <br/ ><br>14. Diarrhoea <br/ ><br>15. Maternal deathTimepoint: Till discharge from the hospital
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