When and How to Administer Oxytocin for Active Management of Third Stage of Labour

Summary

To compare the efficacy of the route and timing of oxytocin administration for Active management of third stage of labour (AMTSL).

Timeline

Start

2010-01

Primary completion

2010-10

Completion

2010-12

Publications

• Oladapo OT, Okusanya BO, Abalos E, Gallos ID, Papadopoulou A. Intravenous versus intramuscular prophylactic oxytocin for the third stage of labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Nov 9;11(11):CD009332. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009332.pub4.
• Oguz Orhan E, Dilbaz B, Aksakal SE, Altinbas S, Erkaya S. Prospective randomized trial of oxytocin administration for active management of the third stage of labor. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014 Nov;127(2):175-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.05.022. Epub 2014 Jul 17.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.