title: Oxytocin during labor after previous cesarean section: results of a multicenter study.
abstract: The use of oxytocin for labor induction or augmentation in patients with previous cesarean delivery is controversial. This paper presents a series of 1776 patients allowed to labor after a previous cesarean section, of whom 485 (27%) were treated with oxytocin. When the patients who received oxytocin were compared with those who did not, no significant differences were found with respect to uterine rupture, maternal morbidity, fetal morbidity, or fetal mortality. We conclude that the judicious use of oxytocin is safe in the patient with a previous low transverse cesarean section.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers, California.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Flamm
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Goings
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Fuelberth
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fischermann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hersh
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007747:Labor Stage, First / Q000187:drug effects; D010121:Oxytocin; D011247:Pregnancy; D013997:Time Factors; D014219:Trial of Labor; D014597:Uterine Rupture / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D010121:Oxytocin