Comparative Study Between the Roles of Intrauterine Misoprostol Versus the Sublingual Route for Prevention of Postpartum Blood Loss in Elective Cesarean Sections: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Study design: A prospective randomized control trial was carried out at labor and delivery unit at Kasr Al Aini Hospital, Cairo University. Population of study: 192 pregnant women at the age range from 20 to 35 years, with BMI \< 30kg/m2 presenting with a full-term singleton healthy living fetus (gestational age \>39 weeks confirmed by the first day of the last menstrual period or first-trimester ultrasound scan) and candidate for elective cesarean delivery (Previous one or two cesarean section) were included in our study. Patients with uterine over distension as due to multiple pregnancies or polyhydramnios, multipara (parity ≥3), women with uterine fibroids, antepartum hemorrhage presentation such as placenta previa, placental abruption or vasa previa, moderate to severe anemia with hemoglobin level \<9mg/dl, patient on anticoagulant during pregnancy or having coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia or blood dyscrasias, hypertension, cardiovascular, DM, hepatic, or renal disorders and women with any contraindication for the use of misoprostol or oxytocin as allergy to prostaglandin and concomitant drugs that have drug interaction with prostaglandins as topical dinoprostone, antacids containing magnesium were excluded from our study.

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