Comparative of Effects of Sublingual Misoprostol and Infusion Oxytocin in Reduction of Bleeding at Cesarean

Phase 2/3 Unknown 180 enrolled Soudabeh Eshghi ali Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences · collab

Parallel-groupDouble-blindPrevention

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the effect of sublingual misoprostol is better than infusion oxytocin in reduction of blood loss at cesarean deliveries.

Timeline

Start: 2012-08
Primary completion: 2012-08
Completion: 2012-08

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The amount of blood loss was lower in misoprostol group comparing with oxytocin group (608.91 ml vs 673.9 ml) (p = 0.048) PMID 19757270 ↗

Publications

Results Eftekhari N, Doroodian M, Lashkarizadeh R. The effect of sublingual misoprostol versus intravenous oxytocin in reducing bleeding after caesarean section. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2009 Oct;29(7):633-6. doi: 10.1080/01443610903061744.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Misoprostol	Other / unclassified	200 ug	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.