In:
Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 37, No. 4 ( 2017-12), p. 188-189
Kurzfassung:
( Br J Anaesth . 2017;118(5):772–780) Uterotonic drugs, such as oxytocin, are given after cesarean section (CS) to help maintain uterine tone. It is recommended that these drugs be administered as a short, rapid infusion rather than a bolus, so as to minimize adverse side effects. However, there are no trial designs that show noninferiority of uterine tone using a slower mode of drug administration. Carbetocin is a synthetic oxytocin analogue with the same mechanism of action and side effects as oxytocin but with a longer half-life. The authors of the present study investigated the efficacy of a 100 mcg carbetocin dose on uterine contractility administered as a short, rapid infusion compared to a slow manual injection.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0275-665X
DOI:
10.1097/01.aoa.0000527031.55499.e4
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publikationsdatum:
2017
ZDB Id:
2071164-5