Blood Loss During Cesarean Delivery in Placenta Previa Patients

Summary

To compare the efficacy and safety profile of intravenous tranexamic acid versus intrauterine misoprostol in reducing the blood loss during and after cesarean delivery in pregnant women diagnosed with placenta previa

Timeline

Start

2022-05-04

Primary completion

2022-12-15

Completion

2023-01-05

Publications

• Background Bhattacharya S, Ghosh S, Ray D, Mallik S, Laha A. Oxytocin administration during cesarean delivery: Randomized controlled trial to compare intravenous bolus with intravenous infusion regimen. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Jan;29(1):32-5. doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.105790.
• Background Martinelli KG, Garcia EM, Santos Neto ETD, Gama SGND. Advanced maternal age and its association with placenta praevia and placental abruption: a meta-analysis. Cad Saude Publica. 2018 Feb 19;34(2):e00206116. doi: 10.1590/0102-311X00206116.
• Background Prata N, Weidert K. Efficacy of misoprostol for the treatment of postpartum hemorrhage: current knowledge and implications for health care planning. Int J Womens Health. 2016 Jul 29;8:341-9. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S89315. eCollection 2016.
• Background Pabinger I, Fries D, Schochl H, Streif W, Toller W. Tranexamic acid for treatment and prophylaxis of bleeding and hyperfibrinolysis. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2017 May;129(9-10):303-316. doi: 10.1007/s00508-017-1194-y. Epub 2017 Apr 21.
• Background Sood AK, Singh S. Sublingual misoprostol to reduce blood loss at cesarean delivery. J Obstet Gynaecol India. 2012 Apr;62(2):162-7. doi: 10.1007/s13224-012-0168-2. Epub 2012 Jun 1.
• Background Vogel JP, West HM, Dowswell T. Titrated oral misoprostol for augmenting labour to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Sep 23;2013(9):CD010648. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010648.pub2.
• Background Della Corte L, Saccone G, Locci M, Carbone L, Raffone A, Giampaolino P, Ciardulli A, Berghella V, Zullo F. Tranexamic acid for treatment of primary postpartum hemorrhage after vaginal delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2020 Mar;33(5):869-874. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1500544. Epub 2018 Sep 10.

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