The Treatment of Inefficient Uterine Action With the Intravenous Oxytocin Drip

Goldman, L. J.

doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1959.tb02046.x

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“…Another theoretical contraindication to stimulation is the risk of rupture of the uterus. Goldman (1959) could find no report in the literature of ruptured uterus in a primigravida after oxytocin, and O'Driscoll et al (1969) concluded that the primigravid uterus is almost immune to rupture except at manipulation with forceps. Stimulation reduces the need for manipulation and protects the mother from trauma for the same reason that it protects her child.…”

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“…Goldman (1959) could find no report in the literature of ruptured uterus in a primigravida after oxytocin, and O'Driscoll et al (1969) concluded that the primigravid uterus is almost immune to rupture except at manipulation with forceps. Goldman (1959) could find no report in the literature of ruptured uterus in a primigravida after oxytocin, and O'Driscoll et al (1969) concluded that the primigravid uterus is almost immune to rupture except at manipulation with forceps.…”

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Active Management of Labour and Cephalopelvic Disproportion

O’Driscoll

Jackson

Gallagher

1970

BJOG

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Summary A preoccupation with cephalopelvic disproportion is the main reason for a reluctance to abandon the conservative attitude towards labour which prevails in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In a series of 1000 consecutive primigravidae, in which an active approach to labour was adopted, the incidence of disproportion was less than 1 per cent and there was notable absence of trauma, especially to the child. Oxytocin stimulation is recommended as an essential instrument to define disproportion when the natural forces are not adequate. Excessive caution is criticized because a diagnosis of disproportion cannot be made unless uterine action is adequate. It is concluded that the possibility of cephalopelvic disproportion does not justify a passive attitude towards labour in a modern maternity unit.

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Active Management of Labour and Cephalopelvic Disproportion

O’Driscoll

Jackson

Gallagher

1970

BJOG

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“…Fears that hyperstimulation will result in uterine rupture in the primigravida are unfounded (Goldman, 1959;O'Driscoll, 1966;Trivedi et ul., 1968). In this small study, there was a greater incidence of forceps delivery and the mean venous cord blood pH was lower in the group that received oxytocin but the issue of fetal safety has been better addressed in large studies.…”

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Intra-uterine pressure and the active management of labour

Byrne

Keane

Boylan

et al. 1993

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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Intra-uterine pressure was measured in 40 primigravidae in spontaneous labour at term. Labour was conducted according to a standard protocol. Intra-uterine pressure values were calculated in Montevideo units and correlated with the progress of labour in terms of' cervical dilatation. The mean intra-uterine pressure tended to be higher in the group receiving oxytocin than in the group progressing without oxytocin at equal cervical dilatation but no statistical difference was demonstrated. There is no evidence in this study that intra-uterine pressures generated by oxytocin in the active management of labour are excessive.

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Prolonged labour: Its management and prognosis

Lewis¹

1963

Ir. J. Med. Sci.

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The Treatment of Inefficient Uterine Action With the Intravenous Oxytocin Drip

Cited by 10 publications

References 19 publications

Active Management of Labour and Cephalopelvic Disproportion

Active Management of Labour and Cephalopelvic Disproportion

Intra-uterine pressure and the active management of labour

Prolonged labour: Its management and prognosis

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