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INDUCTION OF LABOUR BY PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL DOSES OF INTRAVENOUS OXYTOCIN
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb10461.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 85, Issue 2, pages 101–108, February 1978
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Toaff, M. E., Hezroni, J. and Toaff, R. (1978), INDUCTION OF LABOUR BY PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL DOSES OF INTRAVENOUS OXYTOCIN. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 85: 101–108. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb10461.x
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Summary
In addition to membrane rupture, pharmacological doses of oxytocin (2·6 mU/ minute rising stepwise to 422·4 mU/minute) were used in 134 patients and the results compared to those obtained in 144 patients given only physiological doses of oxytocin (2·6 to 13·2 mU/minute). Pharmacological doses of oxytocin gave better results in terms of induction-delivery intervals, incidence of failed inductions and puerperal morbidity. The incidence of hypertonus was similar in both groups and unrelated to oxytocin doses. A uterine activity of 276 Montevideo units, modified to 200 to 220 Montevideo units for grande multiparae, is defined as the goal of oxytocin treatment in induction of labour. A sign of imminent uterine tetany in the intrauterine pressure curve (the ‘damping sign’) is described.