Intramuscular injection, intravenous infusion, and intravenous bolus of oxytocin in the third stage of labor for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage: a three-arm randomized control trial

• Main Authors: Dyanna Charles (Author), Holly Anger (Author), Rasha Dabash (Author), Emad Darwish (Author), Mohamed Cherine Ramadan (Author), Amr Mansy (Author), Yomna Salem (Author), Ilana G. Dzuba (Author), Meagan E. Byrne (Author), Miral Breebaart (Author), Beverly Winikoff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Oxytocin for postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) prophylaxis is commonly administered by either intramuscular (IM) injection or intravenous (IV) infusion with both routes recommended equally and little discussion of potential differences between the two. This trial assesses the effective...