Comparison  of aggressive  and expectant management of active labour

dc.contributor.advisor	Three hundred women were allocated to either protocol in a random manner . In the aggressive management assessments and vaginal examinations were carried out two Hourly, and oxytocin infusion was commenced if cervical dilatation is moved to the Right side of the alert line. In the expectant management protocol, assessments and vaginal examinations were carried out four hourly and oxytocin infusion was commenced when the action line easy reached or crossed. Thereafter assessments were carried out two hourly. Use of oxytocin duration of labour, mode of delivery, and apgar scores at 1, 5, 10 minutes. Age, period of gestation, cervical dilatation at the time of Recruitment to the study was similar. A markedly higher number of women received oxytocin and more women were under went operative deliveries in the aggressive management protocol compared with the expectant management protocol which was statistically significant.
dc.contributor.author	Galappathty, W
dc.date.accessioned	2011-12-05T10:56:18Z
dc.date.available	2011-12-05T10:56:18Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.identifier.citation	MD ( Obstetrics and Gynecology)	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/847
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.title	Comparison of aggressive and expectant management of active labour	en_US
dc.type	Research abstract	en_US