Maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during physiological childbirth - a systematic review with implications for uterine contractions and central actions of oxytocin

• Main Authors: Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg (Author), Anette Ekström-Bergström (Author), Marie Berg (Author), Sarah Buckley (Author), Zada Pajalic (Author), Eleni Hadjigeorgiou (Author), Alicja Kotłowska (Author), Luise Lengler (Author), Bogumila Kielbratowska (Author), Fatima Leon-Larios (Author), Claudia Meier Magistretti (Author), Soo Downe (Author), Bengt Lindström (Author), Anna Dencker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Oxytocin is a key hormone in childbirth, and synthetic oxytocin is widely administered to induce or speed labour. Due to lack of synthetized knowledge, we conducted a systematic review of maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during physiological childbirth, and in response to infus...