Cumulative oxytocin dose during induction of labor according to maternal body mass index

201579 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

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Kristina Roloff · Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

Guillermo J. Valenzuela · Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

Abstract

Obese women required a larger cumulative oxytocin dose to achieve vaginal birth during labor induction, but not during augmentation of labor. The physiology of spontaneous labor could supersede or influence the metabolic derangement facing obese patients undergoing induction of labor.

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Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Maternal and fetal healthcare Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

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Published in: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

Volume 131, Issue 1, pp. 54-58

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.04.038

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Cumulative oxytocin dose during induction of labor according to maternal body mass index

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