The effect of oxytocin in induced labour on neonatal jaundice.
A prospective study in 180 mothers and babies examined the effects of oxytocin in induced labour on plasma bilirubin levels in cord blood, as well as on the incidence of neonatal jaundice. Raised plasma bilirubin levels in cord blood, probably enhanced by breakdown of fetal red cells, appeared to be a dose dependent effect of oxytocin. Commensurate with this was the finding that a larger proportion of babies in the induced group manifested a greater severity of jaundice.
D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007751:Labor, Induced; D008297:Male; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies
D010121:Oxytocin; D001663:Bilirubin