Comparative Study Between the Roles of Intrauterine Misoprostol Versus the Sublingual Route for Prevention of Postpartum Blood Loss in Elective Cesarean Sections

Summary

Study design: A prospective randomized control trial was carried out at labor and delivery unit at Kasr Al Aini Hospital, Cairo University. Population of study: 192 pregnant women at the age range from 20 to 35 years, with BMI \< 30kg/m2 presenting with a full-term singleton healthy living fetus (gestational age \>39 weeks confirmed by the first day of the last menstrual period or first-trimester ultrasound scan) and candidate for elective cesarean delivery (Previous one or two cesarean section) were included in our study. Patients with uterine over distension as due to multiple pregnancies or polyhydramnios, multipara (parity ≥3), women with uterine fibroids, antepartum hemorrhage presentation such as placenta previa, placental abruption or vasa previa, moderate to severe anemia with hemoglobin level \<9mg/dl, patient on anticoagulant during pregnancy or having coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia or blood dyscrasias, hypertension, cardiovascular, DM, hepatic, or renal disorders and women with any contraindication for the use of misoprostol or oxytocin as allergy to prostaglandin and concomitant drugs that have drug interaction with prostaglandins as topical dinoprostone, antacids containing magnesium were excluded from our study.

Timeline

Start

2022-01-01

Primary completion

2023-02-01

Completion

2023-02-01

Publications

• Background Gallos I, Williams H, Price M, Pickering K, Merriel A, Tobias A, Lissauer D, Gee H, Tuncalp O, Gyte G, Moorthy V, Roberts T, Deeks J, Hofmeyr J, Gulmezoglu M, Coomarasamy A. Uterotonic drugs to prevent postpartum haemorrhage: a network meta-analysis. Health Technol Assess. 2019 Feb;23(9):1-356. doi: 10.3310/hta23090.
• Background Gallos ID, Williams HM, Price MJ, Merriel A, Gee H, Lissauer D, Moorthy V, Tobias A, Deeks JJ, Widmer M, Tuncalp O, Gulmezoglu AM, Hofmeyr GJ, Coomarasamy A. Uterotonic agents for preventing postpartum haemorrhage: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Apr 25;4(4):CD011689. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011689.pub2.
• Background Escobar MF, Nassar AH, Theron G, Barnea ER, Nicholson W, Ramasauskaite D, Lloyd I, Chandraharan E, Miller S, Burke T, Ossanan G, Andres Carvajal J, Ramos I, Hincapie MA, Loaiza S, Nasner D; FIGO Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health Committee. FIGO recommendations on the management of postpartum hemorrhage 2022. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2022 Mar;157 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):3-50. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.14116. No abstract available.
• Background Awoleke JO, Adeyanju BT, Adeniyi A, Aduloju OP, Olofinbiyi BA. Randomised Controlled Trial of Sublingual and Rectal Misoprostol in the Prevention of Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage in a Resource-Limited Community. J Obstet Gynaecol India. 2020 Dec;70(6):462-470. doi: 10.1007/s13224-020-01338-0. Epub 2020 Jun 29.
• Background Bagheri FZ, Azadehrah M, Shabankhani B, Nasiri Formi E, Akbari H. Rectal vs. sublingual misoprostol in cesarean section: Three-arm, randomized clinical trial. Caspian J Intern Med. 2022 Winter;13(1):84-89. doi: 10.22088/cjim.13.1.84.
• Atef A, Shehata HSEAM, Bassiouny YA, Al-Inany HG. Comparative study between the roles of intrauterine misoprostol versus the sublingual route for prevention of postpartum blood loss in elective cesarean sections: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 Oct 29;24(1):710. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06889-y.

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