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THE EFFECT OF OXYTOCIN IN INDUCED LABOUR ON NEONATAL JAUNDICE
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10580.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 86, Issue 2, pages 133–138, February 1979
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D'Souza, S. W., Black, P., Macfarlane, T. and Rrichards, B. (1979), THE EFFECT OF OXYTOCIN IN INDUCED LABOUR ON NEONATAL JAUNDICE. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 86: 133–138. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10580.x
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Summary
A prospective study in 180 mothers and babies examined the effects of oxytocin in induced labour on plasma bilirubin levels in cord blood, as well as on the incidence of neonatal jaundice. Raised plasma bilirubin levels in cord blood, probably enhanced by breakdown of fetal red cells, appeared to be a dose dependent effect of oxytocin. Commensurate with this was the finding that a larger proportion of babies in the induced group manifested a greater severity of jaundice.