Premium
THE EFFECT OF OXYTOCIN IN INDUCED LABOUR ON NEONATAL JAUNDICE
Author(s) -
D'Souza S. W.,
Black Patricia,
Macfarlane T.,
Rrichards B.
Publication year - 1979
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.1471-0528.1979.tb10580.x
Subject(s) - jaundice , oxytocin , cord blood , medicine , bilirubin , incidence (geometry) , obstetrics , fetus , cord , pregnancy , endocrinology , physiology , biology , surgery , physics , optics , genetics
Summary A prospective study in 180 mothers and babies examined the effects of oxytocin in induced labour on plasma bilirubin levels in cord blood, as well as on the incidence of neonatal jaundice. Raised plasma bilirubin levels in cord blood, probably enhanced by breakdown of fetal red cells, appeared to be a dose dependent effect of oxytocin. Commensurate with this was the finding that a larger proportion of babies in the induced group manifested a greater severity of jaundice.