title: Effect of intraumbilical prostaglandin F2 alpha injection on the third stage of labor.
abstract: The effect of an intraumbilical prostaglandin (PG) F2 alpha injection on the third stage of normal labor was studied in 54 normal, laboring women at term. Either 1 mg of PGF2 alpha diluted to 20 mL in normal saline (27 women) or 20 mL of normal saline alone (27 women) was injected into the umbilical vein immediately after delivery using a randomized, double-blind protocol. The mean (+/- SD) duration of the third stage was 7.31 +/- 6.37 minutes in the PGF2 alpha patients and 8.94 +/- 7.10 in the normal saline patients. Intraumbilical PGF2 alpha did not influence the third stage of normal labor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bider
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ben-Rafael
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dulitzky
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Menashe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mashiach
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barkai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007749:Labor Stage, Third / Q000187:drug effects*; D009035:Mothers; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D012744:Sex Ratio; D013997:Time Factors; D014471:Umbilical Veins
chemical_list: D015237:Dinoprost