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PULSED OXYTOCIN INFUSION IN THE INDUCTION OF LABOUR
Author(s) -
Pavlou C.,
Barker G. H.,
Roberts A.,
Chamberlain G. V. P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb10460.x
Subject(s) - oxytocin , medicine , induction of labor , anesthesia , randomized controlled trial , pregnancy , surgery , biology , genetics
Summary A randomized controlled trial was mounted in which induction of labour at term was successfully accomplished in 12 patients by amniotomy and intermittent (or pulsed) oxytocin, compared with 16 patients receiving continuous oxytocin. In the pulsed group, oxytocin was infused for one minute in every ten using a modified Cardiff Infusion System Mark III in the automatic setting. Compared with the control group the induction‐delivery and induction‐to‐full‐dilatation intervals were similar but the total dose of oxytocin required was significantly lower in the pulsed group than in the control group.