Incidence of premature delivery following the oxytocin challenge test.
The oxytocin challenge test (OCT) has been used to identify and follow the fetus at risk for uteroplacental insufficiency. Of 389 patients who had at least one OCT prior to 38 weeks' gestation, 26 (6.7%) underwent delivery after spontaneous onset of premature labor within 5 days of an OCT. This compares to a 7.5% incidence of spontaneous delivery prior to 38 wk at the University of California Irvine Hospital, and to a 7.6% rate of premature delivery after spontaneous onset of labor in those patients followed with nonstress tests only.
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