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The effects of oxytocin on fetal scalp temperature
Obstetrics and Gynecology
|February 1, 1979
Abstract:
During a study of fetal temperature, it was found that there was a significantly higher temperature among infants whose mothers received oxytocin than among a comparable control group. These data indicate that normal-appearing oxytocin-induced contractions may reduce uterine blood flow and thereby raise the intrauterine fetal temperature.