title: Pharmacological Labor-Stimulating Agents and Neonatal Outcomes.
abstract: This study examined the physiological and feeding outcomes of term neonates in relation to if they were delivered with pharmacological labor-stimulating agents or not. A retrospective chart review was conducted at a regional hospital. Infant and mother charts were selected from a 6-week timeframe. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the 296 charts that were included. There were no statistically significant differences in physiological and feeding parameters of term neonates in relation to pharmacological labor-stimulating agents. The only significant difference found was that deliveries, which received no labor-stimulating agents, had higher rates of meconium staining.
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing, University of North Carolina Wilmington , Wilmington , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Ashli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing, University of North Carolina Wilmington , Wilmington , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pollard
mesh_terms: D001034:Apgar Score; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010120:Oxytocics / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D010120:Oxytocics