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The purpose of this study is to determine if giving oxytocin immediately after delivery causes less bleeding, transfusion needs and hastens delivery of placenta.
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Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide. During the third stage of labor, the period following the delivery of the baby until the delivery of the placenta, the patient is at increased risk for blood loss. Controversy remains as to the optimal method of delivering the placenta. Two predominant, yet very different, strategies have emerged. Expectant management is most commonly used in the United States. This includes waiting for signs of placental separation, followed by maternal pushing to expel the placenta. Then uterotonic agents are administered,usually oxytocin. This is in contrast to active management, which consists of uterotonic administration immediately following delivery of the fetus, in association with gentle umbilical cord traction and fundal massage. This is the predominant practice in the United Kingdom, where the uterotonic agents of choice are either oxytocin alone, or a combination of oxytocin and ergometrine.
Comparison: Active management with oxytocin to expectant management of the third stage of labor on the effect of postpartum hemorrhage.
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