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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Changes in amniotic fluid prostaglandins with oxytocin-induced labor
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 68, No. 5, Year 1986
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Amniotic fluid prostaglandin levels were measured serially in 15 patients who underwent successful induction of labor and compared with those of patients presenting in spontaneous labor. At comparable cervical dilation the induced group demonstrated significantly lower prostaglandin levels. Four of these patients delivered without any increment in prostaglandins while in the remaining patients increases in prostaglandins followed the attainment of efficient uterine contractions by several hours. These data support the hypothesis that oxytocin acts directly on myometrial cells and not primarily by prior generation of prostaglandin synthesis in the membranes. © 1986 The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Authors & Co-Authors
Padayachi, Thavan
South Africa, Congella
University of Natal, Faculty of Medicine
Norman, Robert John
South Africa, Congella
University of Natal, Faculty of Medicine
Reddi, Kogie
South Africa, Congella
University of Natal, Faculty of Medicine
Shweni, P. M.
South Africa, Congella
University of Natal, Faculty of Medicine
Philpott, R. Hugh
South Africa, Congella
University of Natal, Faculty of Medicine
Joubert, Septimus M.
South Africa, Congella
University of Natal, Faculty of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 6
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 1
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ISSN:
00297844
e-ISSN:
1873233X