In patients undergoing abdominal myomectomy, oxytocin infusion gave a mean intraoperative blood loss of 489.20 ml versus 641.40 ml with saline.
In plain wordsIn women having fibroid surgery, an oxytocin drip was linked to less blood loss than a saline drip.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- DecreaseIntraoperative blood loss
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Saline
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Bleeding and clotting · Reproductive and sexual health
- Studied dose
- 10 IU in 500 ml saline at 120 ml/h · intravenous · during the operationAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Intraoperative blood loss
- 489.2 ml
- oxytocin group
- Intraoperative blood loss
- 641.4 ml
- control group
Source sentences
The mean intraoperative blood loss during the surgery was 489.20 ± 239.72 ml in the oxytocin group and was 641.40 ± 288.21 ml in the control group.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The use of oxytocin infusion during the myomectomy resulted in a reduction of bleeding in the regression model.
Patients undergoing abdominal myomectomies were randomized 1:1 either to the oxytocin group or to the control group (saline).
In the oxytocin group, 10 IU oxytocin in 500 ml of saline at a rate of 120 ml/h was given during the course of the operation.