[Stimulation of labour with oxytocin and ventouse deliveries are inadequately documented]
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Contractility Measurements of Human Uterine Smooth Muscle to Aid Drug Development
Published on: January 26, 2018
Birgitte Freilev Lindved1, Ole Kierkegaard, Jacob Anhøj
1Kvindeafdelingen, Regionshospitalet Horsens, Sundvej 30, 8700 Horsens. birgittelindved@gmail.com.
Abstract:
A retrospective sample of 180 records from four regional hospitals and five university hospitals in Denmark was collected and the documentation for use of oxytocin in augmentation of labour and ventouse deliveries according to the national guidelines was registered. Only approximately half of the elements in the national guidelines were documented. This shows that there is a potential for improvement in the ongoing Danish national quality improvement project Safe Deliveries (Sikre Fødsler).
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