Cooling the lower abdomen to reduce postpartum blood loss: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cooling the lower abdomen is one of the Japanese traditional non-pharmacological prophylactic managements for postpartum hemorrhage. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of cooling the lower abdomen in reducing postpartum blood loss compared with no intervention. In both cases, women delivered vaginally without prophylactic oxytocin in the third stage of labor.

Methods

In this randomized controlled trial, the lower abdomen was cooled by placement of an 8.6°C icepack during the first 2 h after placental delivery. The primary outcome was measured as the total blood loss within 2 h after delivery. This study had 80% power at the two tails of 5% significance level to detect the mean difference (MD, 70 g) in total blood loss within 2 h after delivery between

SUBMITTER: Masuzawa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5642889 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature