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H Abdel-Aleem1, E M Abol-Oyoun, S A Moustafa
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt.
Objective:
To compare carboprost trometamol with methylergometrine in managing the third stage of labor.
Method:
One hundred and fifty parturient women were randomly assigned to use carboprost trometamol or methylergometrine immediately after delivery.
Result:
Both the duration of the third stage and the mean blood loss were significantly less in the carboprost group than the methergine group (P < 0.001).
Conclusion:
Carboprost trometamol is a more potent uterotonic drug than methylergometrine. Reducing blood loss in parturient women is very important especially in cases where there is the likelihood of anemia.
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