title: Labour management. Our experience.
abstract: We report a retrospective analysis of 1202 deliveries assisted by the same medical team, evaluating the clinical management of labour and the resulting type of delivery. Examination of the data revealed a gradual reduction in the number of deliveries treated pharmacologically accompanied by a reduction in the incidence of operative deliveries from 16% to 6%. Statistical analysis of the data using X2 test demonstrated a clear correlation between the administration of oxytocin and the incidence of operative deliveries (p less than or equal to 0.001). We believe that the indiscriminate use of oxytocin in labour should be avoided and that the pharmacological and operative management of labour requires precise clinical indications.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Institute of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Catania.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panella
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mignemi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gretter
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Leo
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Guardalà
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garozzo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005113:Extraction, Obstetrical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010121:Oxytocin; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D010121:Oxytocin